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Over Ihe lasi law monlhs, ths sale of Commoflore 
has throwt^ up probtem aher proDlBm. Now wilh an 
end in sighi and Am^ Iniemarlanat eppearing In ne 
in die laad, several r&velaUons have appeaiBd artd 
C03L yet anolher shadow ol douW ovtir Ihe whols 
affair Acmidlng fa Dan Slats, a joumallsl wt%Q h0S 
baen covering the pliflhl ol Commodore since ils liquf- 
dahon, die liquidators lear thai Medhi All end Irving 
Gould, Ihe lormer lop Comniodora e^ecuiiUM "mev 
try arxJ Hloch a legal agraemBni that ctearad Ihg way 
lor the companyS assets lo be sold.' 

PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS 

The hisi protiam Ihai has plagued Ihe mar^ge- 
menL buy-oul Irom day one has been Ihe conslani 
btaken-»g ovsr whose lurisdCiion Ihe coun proceed- 
ings should go through - Iha US or iho Bahamas 
Afler many days found the conlerence table Ihere 
has finally been an agreemanL 

The liqiildalois Eire being allDwe<3 to use whichever 
provisions ol US or Bahamian law are in Ihe bssL 
kiieFBSl of ihB estate, as long as the US-based sys- 
tem ol bidding is adhared !□ ArwJ this >s 'J*flt Medhl 
All la rumoured Id he unhappy about. 

Under Ihese terms. CDrrmodore executives such 
as All and Gould could bQ held "legally accounlahle 
for any aclians lhal they look 12 monlhs prior lo the 
liquidalion hlmg m May 1994- In theory, II would be 
quite possible for Ihe liqukJaiors 10 sue boih fomier 
BxecutlvBS and others II ihey are lound lo have had 



any responsibility m Iho company's dsmise or Ihe 
Improper manipulation □! its assets 12 monlhs pnor to 
the sale Further runwur has il mat Ah and cc would 
have pralerred the entire dealings to have been deal! 
wilh exclusively by Ihs Bahamian courts, where Ihe 
review of iheir actions would only dale back three 
monlhs not twelve as is the case now 

Another area In discussion al present is the sum of 
e million, supposedly pa-d oul ol company assels lo 
renew tha company directors' liability insumnca for 
another three years "Rie pohcy shields lhair personal 
assels Irom negalive legal judgement. The liflbilily 
msurance was apparenlly renewed a week before 
Commodore was liquidated and Ihe c*i-h1 beneflclanes 
are rumoured to be Medhi Ail and Irving Gould. The 
money Is seen by some as an assel that has bean 
denied to Commodore slockholders and creditors 

The upshot ol this is a potenlial delay onca again to 
the whole legal proceef^ngs, with All and do, giving sig- 
nals thai ihey intend to oppose the agreoment thai has 
taken mcnlhs to rasolve. 

David Plaasance an'f so worried Ihough: "I don I 
know IT ihere is any subslance lo Ihe All affair ...but Ihe 
botlom l>ne is thai lhay will nol have lha po«er, nobody 
will have Ihe power te overrule whal Ihe courts rule... I 
don't Ihink it'll hold lha sale up " 

Added to this mii< of bureaucratic dealings ifi the sad 
newrs that Ihe judge ol the case has gone on emer- 
gency leave lor Two weeks after a death m his family. 
Tha delays continue. 



TalB of four bidders 



The battle of Ihe bidders continues this month wrth 
lha Oavhd Pleasance-led managBmenl buyout 
loam and CEI, headed by Alex Amor, racing lo 
clinch Ihe deal As has Paen the case over the last 
lew monlhs, potenlial buyers come and go and 
then pop up again whan least expacled 

Escom, the German-based company, aNer origi- 
nally ollenng S12 million lor Gommodora. seemed 
to have vanished Irom the pidure but rumour has il 
lhat Ihs lirni IS Sim mleresled In buying. Another 
coniander has stepped m, apparently ropresanllng 
a major American lachnology company - the name 
ol which their representative declined lo reveal 

The buzz on CompuServe would suggest that 
CEI are back in the saddle bul Plaasance is ever- 
ConlidBnl, Il a llltle more cautious than usual- -The 
liquidator is pushing our invaslors w sign the 



contract. Ha did say lo our investors on Tuesday 
lhal we are Ihe only players., but you never Know, 
there are so many rumnurs." At the moment, Iheir 
main delay is amendments lo the 93-page docu- 
menl lhal lays out Ihe intricate workings of [he 
aale. 

In his eyes though, [he deal has to go Ihniugh 
soon because he knows there has I o be Iresh 
slock on the retail shelves by JutyfAugust lo starl 
Ihe steady lead up lo Chrislmas "The tiquidalor 
has raaltsed lhal we're rapidly approaching the 
BBll-by-dale and if ha doesn't gel his linger oul, we 
won't achieve our objectives" commented 
pieasance. 

indeed, he Injly believes thai Ihe situallon will be 
resolved very shorlly Judging from Ihe lalesi 
developments Ihough, the future is sliH uncertain. 



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Eleclrcnjc music and Recording Show a 
visit during the weekend of 21sl-23rd 
Apni. 

The exhibition is mlended lo highlighl 
what's 'hhp'n'happening' in ttie mu$ic 
world and also offer computer users Ihe 
chance lo visit 'How To' retimes, see Ihe 
latBsl kit and 'icy before you buy.' 

There are also a series of seminars 
running Ihroughoul Ihe weekend where 
hardware and software developers 
can be asked questions, complained al 
and generally harassed. For more 
details, phone Kate Barllell on 
01235 444601 

* * * * 

Franhlin lauisuit dropped 

A lew montlis ago. Amiga CoTipming 
heard that the legal wranglings between 
Commodore UK and Sieve Franklin, Its 
former boss, were on the verge of being 
dropped These rumours were denied 
by Pleasance at Ihe time 

Now though, after two years of mis- 
conduct accusations aimed al Franklin 
and counlerclalms made against 
Commodore UK by ihe former MD, both 
parlies have decided to call il quits and 
withdrawn the claims against each 
olher. 

* * * * 

[auniil in games sho(h! 

It has been revealed that Ihe oflices of 
Camden Council have been busy 
designing future cities. Not in reality 
you understand, but on SJmclEy 2000 - 
and instead ol gojng about some of 
thetr daily duties in helping Ihe North 
London borough 

The problem seems io have caused 
quite an upset among management 
who have olfered an amnesty to those 
slafi indulging m games during office 
hours. 

Staff involved wtlh Ihe downloading 
of games had to confess by a certain 
deadline and any guilty individuate who 
didn't step forward could be certain of 
disci piinary actkfO, 



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flBUJ data 
protettiGR guidance 

Anyone inlerestsd m lindmg oul Ihelj- 
rights cancarnfng companies holding infor- 
mallon aboul Ihsir personal dealings can 
conlaci the Dala PrntBClion Regialrar 
who have released a new $ori^ of fluide- 
llnBs 

Call the Inlormalion Services 
Deparrmenl on 01 635 S3S777 

• * * * 

Stranatian to 
strut 5tuff 

Sean hy many as Lightwave's gurn, Las 
Stranahan and his brolhar Ken, y^bo 
apparanHy a Video Toasler expert, 
are roi^if^S ranks at tlie seminars being 
held al Premier Vi&ior> irk Apnl While cost- 
ing in Ihe region ot £200 lor Ihe flay, the 
'classes' will t>a smaller to allow more peo- 
ple to ask as meny queslion as Ihey can m 
Ihe lime. 

AccDEding To Andy Bleliup at Premier, 
hcKels are seljir)g fast, so drop ihem 
B \ine In the very r-ear [uiu^e on 0171 721 
70SO, 

* * * * 

Bargain basemBnt 

APtemalive Image's powsrhil tilling system 
Scroller 2 has taken a price dip from H&O 
lo £30 The mam reason the Leicesler- 
basDd company Is olfermg the reduohon 
is Ihe ongoing, unreeolved Commodore 
sag&. 

To get hold ol a copy, call Henn Sujko 
on 01533 440041. 



Whether you're a home user or pan of a com- 
pany that uses compute rs, a growing amounl 
ol puniers are falling victim to hardware theft. 
Relainaguard have produced a simple system 
Ihey boliBva will deter prolessional and oppor- 
lunisl thieves alihe. 

Available al various computer dealers and 
manufacturers, the system is based round a 
unique and obvious permanent marking. The 
marking cornea in the lonn of a code number 
registered with the National Property Secunty 
Register and is easily applied to part ol the 
hardware by The use ol a stencil and elc^imq 
fluid. 

When a polential cusTomer comes into con 
lad with a piece of marked kit, they can phone 
the 34-hour chechllne lo see if The coded 
equipment is up lor sale or Is on the list of 
stolen equipment. 

For more delails. car>iacT ReTalnaguard on 
0181 870 2224. 




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it's The package lhal 3D anirrvaTors all over the planet 
have been waiting tor wilU baited breath, Top US 
shows have been oommissloned on Ihe basts thai 
Lighlwave can create the ali-impodanl special ejects 
within co^t-elficienl budgets 

Now, Ihe arrival ot version 4 is imminent, wiTh Beta 
versions ol the software surfacing m Britain, For those 
who've held off buying version 3,5 untH the release of 
this, the latest chapter, they have a variety ol new 
options To look roHAard to, 

MORE CHOICE 

Tfiere are up To lour new plug in teitures, a glow 
effect for each object, the ability to load Flyer and PAR 
clips directly onto any surface, impmved shadow map- 
ping lights and adjustable streak density, sireak sharp- 
ness and sireak inlensrty in the lans Hare option 

Other lealures Include basic inverse kinematics, 
improved support for Picasso 2 tKat aJlows the ability 
lo view LlgblwavB properly in higher resolutions, 
easier to view XYZ ails fn modeller. Improved 



metalorm with adjustable maximum smoothing angle 
and. what coukJ be a blessing for home u^ra. slrgfitiy 
improved rendering limes 

Meanwhile, with the imminent launch of LIghlwave 
on Ihe PC and SNicon Graphics, NeiwTeh are doing 
Iheir ulmosi lo assure Amiga u^ors that Ihey should 
not worry about the company turning its back on the 
machine. 

"The majority of our user base currendv uses 
Amigas and many prefer it For desktop video and 
graphics applications, ' oommenled NewTek 
"However, since Lightwave is quickly becoming a 
standard lor professional 3D graphics users, we fell it 
was lime we providod Lightwave's power to other 
plalforms," 

In the meantime Premier Vision, the suppliers of Ihe 
package, are hoping ihet the final and completed 
Lightwave 4 will be available from Ihe beginning ol 
April '95 For more infomiation on this and other prod- 
uds, call Andy Bishop al Premier Vision on 0171 721 
7050, 



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miga Envoy, developed a1 Commodore 
AS a pesr^iD-pser nelwcrrkmg slsndard 
for 9ll Amigas and equipped with 
SANA- 1 ( corrtpalibJe networhing hardwarg, ^35 
finally i-BlQB^ed laai year, following 
Commodore's demiBe, by Intangible Asters 
Uenuraclurmg [lAM) Er>uov makes basic nel- 
uvorhing much Qagier to £el up, and alse pro- 
vides a homogenQUS nelworlitng system lhal 
can be used lo tie dissimilar network selups 
togothar Ydu mighl have two Amiga 4DDDs con- 
ned ed wlh Elhernel cards, and b Ihind Amiga 
QOO atlsched with an Inexpensive SANA-ll psr- 
allsl cable cannacllon: Er^voy can lal Ihem all 
ralk 10 each oiher 

lAM sariware engineers Hernz Wrobel and 
□ale Laraen have now added a numbec of lea- 
lures 10 Ihe piichage, producing tl as Amiga 
Envoy 2 0. These new feaEureg Include support 
□f AmigaDOS 2,0fl DOS paclter types [Including 



This month Benm Rthin Inohs at 
the relBdse of anew netwrnhing 
standard, and footage and 
capture cards to Heep all 
heen wdea producers happtf 



record locking and nDlificalron)j support lOT remov- 
able media such as floppies and SyquesI car- 
tridges, enhanced reliabilily and robust recovery, 
localisalion, AmigaGulde documenlalion, and 
more. 

The upgraded version Is being sold at lor 




news 



cun-enE Envoy owners - the relall price of Envoy 
2.Q IS $59 B5 - and Almaltiera Systems Inc, la the 
UK dislrlbutor lor Envoy and other lA^^ products. 
Online users can gel mere mfc by e-maMIng 
info©iam,com or Oy connecting to 
hllp.//w™m.(am com/iam on Ihe World Wide Web. 



UidGD on a card 

Finally, a use lor lhal lifHe slot on the lelt side ol your Amiga 12001 OuadranI 
has introduced CardCam' Vjdeoln. a real-time video caplure card lor 
PCMCIA-equipped Amigas CardCam oaplures 24 -bit colour images Irom 
any video source and saves them in IFF24 lortnat The device has software- 
selaclable compo&ile and S-Video Inputs, and can capture both PAL and 
NTSC video sources (S'»>!57S m PAL, 640>LJeO in NTSC). The sottwara 
supports on-soreen preview ol live video, making il easy lo set up live 
captures or find the nght spol in a rocording. 

CardCam' Video! n works on any Amiga BOO or t200 ninnlng Workbanch 
3 a or laler A hard drive is recommended due lo Ihe size of the IFF24 liles. 
Optional Microsolt Windows drivers IBI yon use Lhe card wilh a PC and 
Video lor Windows as well. 

The card relalls lor S4iD0, and Is available from OuadranI Intemallonal, €5 
Valley Siream Parkway, Malvern, PA 19S5S Phone <6ia) 251-9999: Fax 
[eiOf 251-9020: BBS (SIO) 251-9723. Vou can also gel infonnalion via elec- 
tronic mall by e-malllng 75147 22433 Compuserve. com wUh Ihe words 
'Amrga CardCam" in tbe subject line. 

The auihor of Ihe CardCam oapiure software lor OuadranI didn't stop 
there He's also created a drrver that wifl lei you use mosi PCMCIA modems 
and senal cards wilh your A&WJand A1?00 The PCMCOM device driver lets 
yeu plug a serial or moctem card m and use il with any Amiga communica- 
tions soflware that supports allemale serial dev^e drrvers 

COMMUNICATION 

The driver supporEa the hardware FIFO bulteiS thai are built Inio mosi 
PCMCIA modems, allowing error-free communications al high speeds, it 
also supports connecting baud rales up lo 115,200 BPS The included 
Preferences program lets you select baud rales faster Ihan [hosB aupponed 
m Commodore's Serial Preferences program, which mexes oul Bl MfOi 

The soflware supports the Megaheri; X-Jach moderns and the Smart 
Modular Tecl-inologies Smart Serral Port card. It also supports most olher 
PCMCIA modems and senat cards, although some AMP, DalaRace and 
Praclical Peripherals modems aian'l Amiga-compatible and can't be 
supported lor hardware reasons. 

Trie driver sella lor only 335 (plus S3 for shipping in the US, £6 elsewhere) 
and IS availabre directly Irom auihor Enh Ouackenbush at 
Crooked Lane, King ol Prussra, PA 19406 Fax (601) 277 900e, or send 
e-mail to equack@blx,com with the subjecl line 'PCMCIA Info" for more 
information. 



Footage for a field daq 

Accadia Electronic Arls (no relation to that other Eleclrcnic Ana) has a 
unique new product that will come in handy lor Desktop Video producers and 
3D amsls aliKe, The CD-ROM, molionclips, conlairLs over B,000 frames of 
loyalty-free slock footage Ehal can be used In any video project. 

Each frame Is slored as a 75?x4BQ-piAel 24-blr Jpeg lile, ImporE Ihem one- 
by-one and map ihem onto oDioclg (such as a TV screen) m your 3D anima- 
Uon, or run [hem through an image-processing program first to add eHects 
such as Embcss Or Oil PainE There are 20 image sequences jn all, including 
a loy tram (pictured here), a shimmenng water surface (great for mapping 
onto a 3-D lake), hme-lapse moving clouds, and a cule clay-anlmalion jazz 
Ino, 

The CD-ROM sells lor %^A^ 95 and is available Irom Accadia Eleclrariic 
Alts, 436 Wast Dela^an Avenue, Buffalo, NY I42T3 USA, Call (716) SSI- 
5215, or dial their electronic dulletln board at (716) asE-1774 to download a 
complete list of images. 





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Always boQl irom your Co^^erDiE.k ifti^en de- 
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The de-archfvfng procedure has hean 
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poAer or the afllclal CarnTnodors ins la Her 
program with iHal o\ Workbench 2.0 and 3.0. 

T>ie inslafler program is designed to be 
powerful yel sFinpte for Ihe bBgirner and 
fearures a user-friendly interface allowpng 
you To de-archive programs wilh a mirimum 
amouni of luss The msialler programs lor 
WorhLt»nch 2 and 3 users can be loceled via 
The jcons named: 



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The Files drawer con- 
tains all the ulillhes 
set up so thai you 
can use Ihem from 
the CoverDisk A 
Games drawer Is atso 
provided so lhat you 
Can play Ihsse litimH' 
distely. II you want to 
mslalt Ehe games 
maka surs you copy 
all [he necessary htes 
across as listed in the 
GoverDisk pages 



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To run, simply doutjle dick on Ihq lean 
which will load up the instaHer program. 

Using the installer 

Ignore Ihe bullon^ that appear when Ehe 
installer program boots up and simply dick 
on iha Proceed bulton The program will 
Ihen copy the necessary riles lo RAM. 

Once Ihis has finished il will inform you 
IhBl II IS shout to Icumal a dish in DFQ. Click 




on Proceed, at which polnl you will be Eold 
tc InserE a blank dish ready lor formanlng. 

Once yau have clicked on Proceed, the 
Installer will Indicate thai it is formalting the 
disk in DFD. When lhl$ has linished, click 
on Proceed again to elarf Ihe de-archiving 
procedure. When the application has been 
de-archived you wHI be lold where the de- 
archived files are Olich once again on 
Procaed Eo finish. 

If at any iime you are unsure ss to 
whether you wanl lo continue Installing, you 
can click on Hie Abort Install bulTon 

Occasionatty. utililies may need to a6d 
InslnicEioris tm your User- Startup frie located 
In Ihe S direclory so that Ihoy will function 
correclly. J I you want to add the instruo- 
liQH^. click on PracHod when prompted. 



XhE HmigB [omputing lau&fQisk is 
d&signed to be as simple to use as 
passible. Fallauj these instfuctions and 
m'li be up and funning in no time! 



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Always boot Irom your CovsrDish when de-archiving 
applications. The mslaller programs can be kicated via 
the Inslflll icon with ihs appropriate name in the 
WB_1.3_0nly drawer. 



[nilillPHLl.l 

When you load up ihe 1,3 Installer the program wilt first 
prepare itsetf roady Eo de-archive Ihe progrem to a 



Afttr 
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blank dlsk(s). You will ihen be asked to insert e disk to 
bs larmatted into DFQ and elThar prass y to conhnue or 
n Id abort. 

Provided you answer y, the dish you insert will be 
lonnalted and Ehe application de-archived 

Installing utilities 

You should first run the MakBUlilllie5Diak_T 3 to formal 
a blanh disk called ACUt^llr1es which will bo used lo 
store any uEilitres you eventually install. 

This dish can ba used with future CoveiOisk utililies 
until It bBCcme$ full Tha MakeUtlJitissDlsh1.3 program 
will be a permanent feature ol Ihe OoverDish. 

To install any utititias, boot your machine with your 
CoverDisk inserted m DFOr Utilities can be installed by 
clicking on their install icon found in Ihe appropriate 
drawer in the WB_1.3_Only drawer. You cannot specify 
their dasTination and any addition^ to the Startup- 
Sequence must be done manually 

When instalLad the utilrties are copied to a drawer 
called ACUlils an the ACUtilitiss disk. 



We have now managed to 'la Ihe prob- 
lem with AmigaDDS displaymg a disk 
is wnle protected" requester when a 
write-enabled dish is Inserted Just 
make sure ynu insert a blank dieh 
when the Inslalter programs toll you - 
and not before or after. 



Installing utilities 

The procedure lor inslalling uEililias is much 
the same as inslalling applications, except 
that you can bool from your hard dnve or 
Wohtbench disk. As utilities don't need lo be 
de-archlvad, you are aslied to specify a 
directory on your hard drive or Workbench 
disk where you would lihe lo install Ihem 

If you don't want to install lo the default 
directory you can change lE by clicking on 
Change DesDnetion. The Show Drives but- 
ton wlli allow you to select a new device and 
directory You can creata a new drawrer lor 
your utilrty to go in tjy clicking on the ^lie 
New Drawer tMJttoo and typing In the name. 

You can also make a utirities dish tjy run- 
ning the MekeUtlliliesDiskl .3 program locat- 
ed m the WB_1.3_Drly drawer and Inslaliing 
your utilities to hers Al times you may be 
ashed if you wanl to install a unrity's docu- 
mentation A uck boif indicates that the docu- 
ntenlatlon Is selected far mcluslon, but you 
can click on Ehe box lo ignore il or simply 
click on the Ship This Part button 

The utility inslatler programs can ba found 
in the appropriate program drawer m the 
WB_?&3_Only drawer 

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Scmeone somewhere haa in pro- 
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Jnlerngl, and Ifigy nsed a lol of 9xper;slve 
modems, data lines, anO huge compulers lo 
do so. Canipamea which offEr axicb cannec- 
lions are called 'service prcpvlderE', and one 
of Ihe biggest hn the UK I:; Demon InlamBl 
ServicHS {OlS). 

In an exclusive oHer ro Amiga Computing 
readers, Demon have agreed lo waive the 
narmal Gl 1.75 per riKinlh accouni charges 
SQ lhai you lucky people can raKe advan- 
tage oT Ihe company's oklanslve linKs Id the 
Inlemel lor a irial period, belors deciding 
whether or not to s^gn up for good AN you 
naed is Ihe eoflware on Ihis monlh's 
CoverDisk, an Amiga, and a modem. 

Before diving fn and selling up youi" 
Demon scflwarg, Iherg's ong vilal fssk you 
musi perform. As every accouni holder on 
DIS has a personal nodenairie. pa^woid, 
and idenUfying IP number, you C3n7 all log 
on milh IfiB same one Vou'll have lo fill out 
Ihe coupon en these pages and rerum it to 
Demon before following Ihig stop-by-etop 
guide to gelting started: 

1. FIN m Ihe coupon and send it off lo 



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Demon. Tha reply should [eke Iwo or three 
days and will contain one of the three 
nodenamas you specify on ihe coupon 

2. Use NComm, JRComm, Term, nr any 
other standard Amtga comms package lo 
dial ona ol [he DIS Points ol Presence' 
(PdPs - see list). Use the taslesl speed 
your modeiTi wilt allow and the usuel 9 
data bits. No pdnty. 1 slop bit sellings 
(SNl). 

3. Al Ihe login prompt, type the nodgnsme 
supplied by Demon. This will identify you 
as a new user, and you will be asked lo 
supply a password Vou won't bg able la 
sea IhLs 3s you typs il on screens so do it 
carefully and make sure you type the 
same password when asked lo confirm. 

4 Wait until the Demon server decides on 
your IP number. Iften wnle this down on a 
piece ol paper alongsidfl your password. 
Now log out. 

S. Insert ihe CoverDisk in DFO. ThoBS 
don'l normally uSe high resolutk>n inlerlace 



screens might want lo temporarily change 
their display preferences now as the 
jnslatlgr program you are about to mn 
prefers inlerlace, especially when It otfofs 
you a long list of possible PoP phone 
numljers. 

ri you hava a Workbench 3.0 mBohine, 
just double-click on the Prepare icon. II 
you are running Workbench 2.04. open a 
CLI and type: 

where <:HD> is the name ol ynur hard 
drive, such as DHO' or Work' 
S. Follow Iha instaJlalion procedure very 
carefully, and read all Ihe notes shown on- 
screen ThHse contain a great deal oT 
InfarmaliQn atmul ihe installation itsell and 
sfiouid no/ be Ignored. 
7. Your herd drive w|l| now conlaln a 
directory celled AmigaDIS, and Inside rt 
there will be an icon called Connect 



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Assuming you cDnecUy lollowed ihe Install 
program, you BhouFd be able la dauble- 
clich on ihls id have lha soHware 
dial Damon and enter your dalails 
auloitiallcally. Now off you gol 

Our first session 



By iviw you've gone through siaps l lo 7, 
you've connected to the Demon PoP of 
your choice, and should now be looking si 
a Workbench screen pontdlnlng two win- 
dows. The botlom window can be Ignored 
lor Ihs momenl. II |usl reports whal Ihe 
AmgaNOS soflware is dulng, which at Ihe 
moiriBnl will ba checking wrth the news 
servsr and downFoadirkg messages frgm 
your chosen newsgroups (see news 
panel). 

The top window Is where you'll type 
commands, so we'll slarl wilh a simple flp 
session. File Transfer Protocol (Hp) ks ihe 
besi WBy to download llles Irom Inlemel 
sJle, bul It also requires that you first con- 
nect to the ftp Ilia server, which could ba' a 
separate computar altogelher or a huge 
i^ard drive attached to a local area nehvork 
on the same site 

To connect to any ol the hundreds ol flp 
servera arourhd the world, you would type 
flp then Ihe servar's address, so as we'll be 
starti[;g close to home, lype: 



flp fip,dHtn,[B.iiti 



Vou Win ses a moasags slating that tfie 
program is canr>ecljng to Ihe server, Ihen 
you Wilt aoH ttie followtng prorript; 

220- 

Welcome lo Demon Inlernel's flp 

archive. 
220- 

220- disabuse.demon.co.uk FTP server. 
Ready 

220- enter user name: 

Type Hp and hit Return so that the server 
knows we're taking advantage of anony- 
mous ftp. The next thing you'll be asked for 
IS your password, which is your lull e-malt 
address. This means thai rf your user name 
■s 'Joe' and your nodename 'Blogga', you'd 
type: 

jDtULntfi.AFPDiirCObUt j| 

Rememtjer that you're rniw on a Unix sys^ 
tem, ar>d UniK is case-sensilive. If you have 
a user name which starts with a capital let- 
ter, you have to type a capital telter The 
server will now accept your e-mail address 
and you'll be reedy lo start downloading 

To avoid lor>g on-line times on iTiis first 
session, we'll download one ol the Demon 
support decuman ta which wasn't included 
on the CoverDisk, You can find a list of the 
commands available on the flp san/ar by 
lypmg 'help' end hilling Relum, but we'll 
concentrate for now on lust a few. First, 
type 



This Will resull in a message which says 
thai the 'CWID command was auccesslul, 
and i> you type 'dir' followed by Relum you 
wilt see a list ol Ihe files m ihe /pub/doc 
direclory The one we want ts called 
Support.faq and tha command to download 
Is 'qbI'h so lype: 



huh 



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Why did we typa hash' first'' Well, on a 
typical ftp server you won't get visual feed- 
back on Ihe progress of your downfoad. If, 
however, you type 'hash' lollowed by 
Return, a hash mark will appear on screen 
to represent every subsequent 1024 bylas 
of data you download. 

By delault, the dirsclorv In which your 
downloads are saved by the DiS software 
IS Am Iga D I S/ Am iga NQS/SU P/Downloads , 
and that's where you'll find the Support faq 
rile we've Just fetched. To leave the ftp 
sen/er type 'quit', which will return you to 
the window from where ma started, and 
you can log oM by typing 'exit.' 

Congratulations on successlulty 
completing your first Inlemal Hp 3B93kin, 

SBssion S: E-mail 

On-line linve, when phone bills ars crucial, 
IS used only tor sending and receiving e- 
mail. We actually create and read it off-line 
using tha Elm maiJing pachage supplied on 
the CoverDisk. To run Elm, daublH-clIck on 
Ihe Reed Mall icon, which will bring up a 
lar^ window, mostty btank, with a number 
of command options shown at Ihe foot of 
the screen. 

For now we just want to send a mes- 
sage, so eiltier choDW the New Mall option 
from the Mail menu or press the 'm' key 
The editor you chose to use during the 
inslallalion procedure wilt now toad and 
should contain a blank file with two lines al 
the top. 

After the To;' in Ihafirgl Una, lype: 
uriaiiHFpilHan, itM 

to send an e-mail lo our resident mallbag 
man. NeKt, In ttie second line after the 
word 'Subject ' type 'test' Now enter a 
short message ol a couple of words. 

Wlian you've llnished typing, use your 



Brflujslng the UJeb 

The aianiiard Demon ^uliwdre \s ariough to get you up sni] running, bu: 
far a more crapniCil ili&play of ifla Iniemer and a cnante lo biawse the 
W^jrtd i^ide ^Bb. <foii\\ need The Mosaic ^aflwara. Tq fun rhis. /ou 
need AmiTCP and Magic tjEer interface, all or wTiic^ can be {fpAn- 
loflflsfl from the Demon fffl archive 

You II find them in trifl ,'pub'amigaiamjlcp iflmiTCP-DISrlfl.lfva) and 
■'pub.'arriicfa/mDsa"c drawers 'Mo^H'Q f 3_flmJCP ina, muiaiusrifiaj 
and you can flp them wfienavef you feel like il. bul be warneO that thsy 
are lar^B Mes {I SMb m rotah We'N K running a complpie ^uide to 
5emng up and usjng fhese uhtilies neiT month so stay lun&d ■'^ yo" 
Aant the beEt m Amr^a hiernei edvice 



DaiWAloBrfTit^ lltma amlng Iha Hp 
ceimiiuit/ n*"*lnt Im any moio 



editor's save command or menu ophon, 
theri quit out ol Ihe editor lo be retumed to 
Elm, Vqu wilt be confronted by a wmdow of 
options concerning Mima ertcoding (a more 
advanced topic which we can't cover here) 
and so on, bul Iha one ycu want lo click on 
ts the second one down 

This Will ensure that a receipt is sent Id 
your mailbox lo confirm Itial Ihe message 
reached us, a receipt which could be your 
first piece of racalved e-mail. To 'post' the 
message, jusi use the Oun option frorn the 
Folder menu or press the 'q' key. 

Your messaga has now been sent lo the 
mail queue end is waiting lo be uploaded lo 
Demon's mail sender To upload It, simply 
double-click the Connect icon again and 
waif until you have been fogged m. Now 
type 'mbOJt' to view the current state of 
your mallbon, and you Bhould sea thai the 
n>dssage is there 

To send it, you have to Kick In Ihe Simple 
Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) program, 
which will scan your mallboH for unposted 
messages and send lliem on their way. Do 
this by typing" 



You should see contfrniatkm Hial Ihe mes- 
eage ha4 been sent, and you can now log 
off by typing eifit' as before Thai was your 
first Inlemel e-mailing session. 

II a measa^B has been received it will be 
downloaded during the same SMTP 
session, and you will see it listed in the 
mam Elm window as soon as you laad 
the program again II can then be read/ and 
If you wish you can choose lo /epiy 
(using the 'i' key or the spproprlale 
menu item), which will load you/ editor 
again. 

This lima, Ihe message you are replying 
to wilt be quoted and oach tine highlighted 
by a i symbol to mark the tinas out as 
parts of the message to which you are 
replying. When you type your own mes- 
^ga, ejiil. log on, and kick the maif senrgr 
Into life - the person who sent you Ihe 
e-mail will receive a reply complete w^Ih his 
or her onglnal message. 



Amiga Cnmpiitlng 



APRIL 1995 



COVERDISK 



Session I. fleius 



KeWsgrDups ara the HreWopd of (he Ihlemel anfl dre where a greal deal of the dajr- 
to-day ecllvny gons on Vou may already have cnosen a cau^e o" newsgroups 
using the apUon available during soUware inslallalion, but -I you simply leTl Ifie 
deiauli groups as they wore you should be able lo doimlofld ptemy ot examples of 

f>ow e npi;»isgroLip waflts. 

The AmigaNOS soUware will auiomatically siart lo search Tor newEgroups you 
are subsoribed to ™her> you log on lo DIS, so use Lhe Conned icco agaii and 
™alch the lower □! Ihe two windows on your WorHbendi screen. TNs will show you 
lhat the groups are being scanned and lhat any new messages are being down- 
loaded While this is going on. you could be sondhng e-mail or usir>g an Hp seiver - 
yoj doni have lo do |u5l one ihing at a lime. Thi^ is becaL>se Internel breaks down 
the 'bandwldlh' ol your copnedion inio M many blls per second for one thing, so 
many lor another During a typical on-lme session, new5 and mail can be whizzing 
around In the background while you search lha directones on an Hp site or use a 
web browser lo search lor a document yOu are inlerested in. 

11 yoo decide lo sH and walch The progress window, you will evanlually sea a 
message telling you (Tie cor>nection lo the news server has been closed - this 
means all messages have been downloaded Now Type exiT Lo log oH, and toad 
the TIN news profjram by double-clicking Ihe Poad News k»n. 

Vou should see a message stating lhat news la being ■unbalcheJ ir you chose 
Ihe batch method [recommended as il makes downloadkng quicker), then the 
screen will show the newsgroup lirtes along wnh Ihe number ol new messages In 
each Use the cursor kayslo highlight a newsgroup and hit Return. 

The nexl screen you will see ^ lha thread display. A thread- is a way o( breaking 
down the messages m a newsgroup info threads ot discussion so lhat you don't 
have fo read a lol of messages you mighi nol ba In'eresled In. kl also makes H pos- 
sible to follow all Ihe messages e^j^angeO on a single topic withouL having lo skip 
through olhers. 

When you hkghlighl a thread you will "mady see the message on youi screen, 
and where Ihere are more lhan one unread messages in a ihroad, hrtUng ine Tab 
hey will tane you lo the next one. It you see a message you^d like to follow up on, 
there are two options. , ^ ^ .l, 

Vou can hrt Ihe 1' key lo follow up, in which case your edilot will be loaded wilh a 
copy ol Ihq original message jusl as in (he Elm mailer Type your own commenis, 
leaving in as much ol the original message as is relevant. Ihen quIL. TIN will ask if 
you warn to posltha follow up, ecUl il again, or quil (cancel) 

To make a more direct repfy which is also less public. hil |he 'r' key to tell TIN 
you'd ll^e to sBnd e-mell to the author of the message Again, your editor will be 
loaded complete wtth a lull quote of the ongmal message, and you can type your 
commenis before quinmg the editor and (p)osling the reply. 






















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5l«Liid vou nor cancel ^wir accounl If tou cancel Ouring tr>e fnal period yau wilt heve paid 
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srwuW you fwcide lo keep your eaBuri. as we hope yqu will, you win he ctiargeQ tne 
lolning fee and tt* Nrsi monins laes Nate ihai you will tave enioyed a charoa "raa penod 
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Tha Iwo modufes we've laken from ihe 
Mmi Office praducMviry bufkdle are Ihe 
dalabasa and spread&heol pscka^BS. both 
capjibls of meeling your day-lo-dav ^ome 
□Itlcs ierjulraiTieni£ 

Though orifllrieJIy dBSlgned 10 work In 
ccnjuncEion wnh olher m[>dulas irom Mini 
Office, I hay funciion waif as siand alone 
programs. The spreadshesl, Inr endmpla, 
□an normally lake advantage of Mini 
OHiob's graphics pacKage Id create graphs 
[lased on spreadsheoi dala, bul evary 
□lhar lealura works frne rn isolalian 

Once tha di^h in^Tall alien procedure is 
oul of [he way and you liave your disk with 
[he [WD modular ready lo go, doubie-cLlok 
on [he dalaba^a icon and we'll srarl There. 
Mini Office database rs a stamJai-d 'flat flJa" 
program, which means it works in a sirnJlar 
way (0 an eleclromc canj Index, 

To begin wUh, Ihough, you'll find nothing 
on your screen. Import lha aampla data by 
choosing Load From the F<le menu, and 
tilghllgh[ [ha Dalabase op[ion. Select Ihe 
fluarrpie hie listed by the file requasler and 
a small database ol names, addressee, 
and lelephone numbers should appear In a 
few seconds 

NAVIGATION 

There are nnfy six recorcte in this sample 
He, so It's easy enough lo navigate uaing the 
cuifior keys (lefl and nghll or the VCR-style 
conlrols al [ha bollom ol lha screen. 
II you were working on a much bigger 
f\is. however, you'd want lo be able lo ]ump 
irj B particular reccid much quicker Than Ihls. 

To do BO, choose Set Search Partem 
'Tom [he Search menu This brings up a 
requeslar 1 1 Sling the various II elds ir> Ihe 
currer>t lemplale (more on lemplales laler}. 
and yau can choose m which field to make 
Ihe search by clicking an the scroll arrows 
lo the nght. 

Leave the Name Field highlighted fur Ihe 
moment and clfck on Ihe Selup bu[lon. Vou 
she u id now see a seleolion of Boolean- 
slyla search uparalers which can be used 
lo [Bsl the fields 

Select Ihe equals sign and click on DiC 
You can now lype Ihe name you wani lo 
search for. then click on the Search bulton. 
and Mini Office datatiase Will Imd any 
records which have exaclly lhat le« tn Ihe 



name field For a more general search, lor 
example if yau wanlsd to Mnd everyone 
who lived in Stockporl, you v»iould use Ihe 
IN operator which checks whether the text 
you are searching for is In the field ralher 
than finding records which match ll eAacliy. 

The olher operators are equally easy to 
use. For anampJe, II using a club database 
and you had a field lor the amount ol subs 
money owed by each member, you could 
simply specify '>=^ (greater than or equal 
to) ETO, and Ihe database would find 
eveiyene who owed S]lO or more. 

NEW CREATIONS 

To create a new database, choose Clear 
Database irom Ihe FNe menu [don'l worry 
- this won't delete the lite from dish], then 
Edit Template from the Edit menu. By 
cEickrng twice with the leh mouse bull on 
you can set Up a field anywhere or> the 
screen, making i[ possible [o create a data- 
base with any scieen formal you like. 

Once you have typed lha name of the 
field, press Return and the program will 
ask you to spacily what type ol field it is 
(lexl, comment, dale, and so on), and what 
manrmum langth it can have. When you 
select a lype and press Return again 
the llefd is set up and you can carry on 
adding new fields unlit ycu have enough, 
hiiting [he Escape key to finish template 
BtLltlng. 

Pnnting your records Is a simple malter 
of using the Pnnler Optiortg l[em from Ihe 
Pnnter menu, Ihen pnnling all records or 
only Ihose you have marked using the 'M' 
button on the conirol stnp al the bottom of 
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Our second Mmi Office module is a spreadsheei of tfw 
[ype wi[h which most users shouLd be famifiar As il 
uses a default sue of 53 columns by 99 rows, there 
should be ample space lor any small bualne^ or home 
budgeting cakulatlcns 

Again ihera ts an example spreadsheet on the disk 
to get you started, but Ihls sort of program is very easy 
lo use and should present few problems. Let's start by 
creating a new example, so salecl New from the File 
menu and Ihe screen should dear. 

In common with other spreadsheets, Wini Office 
delaults to calculations earned out from the top of a col- 
umn downwards, so a monthly budgsl WoukJ have a list 
of B(per>diluie types down the left-hand side (bills, rent, 
mongaoe, and .so on], with the amcunt^ entered In the 
ne*t row. 

To let [he program know what lype ol dala you ere 
entering, click on Ihe letler at the top ol the column, 
then choose the Layout ophon from Ihe Format menu 
Formatri on ofler include Geneial (lor [eitl and com- 
menis as well as numbais), pHicaniagss, ourrency, and 



so on. This will set the data type for all cells in the col- 
umn, but you can easily set individual cells by clicking 
on them and going to the Layoul raquester agaJn. 

Choose Ihe leKl layout lor our lirsi column, then 
enter Ihe headings under whk:h money is spent. Now 
enter Ihe amounts m Ihe second column To creale the 
aH-hmpoitant formula cell, spmply click on the cell to 
select ll, than type an equals sign as your first charac- 
ter Mini Office will realise (hal you are entering a for- 
mula, and will allow you to drag-select the cetia to be 
wortwd on. 

If you type Ihe equala sign and (ha word '^UfA'. Ihen 
drag your mouse over the cells into which you've Just 
entared amounts, lha program will creale the lonnula 
and display the results when you press reluin. With 
auto-calculate lurrted on (as il is by defauh), [he loiat ol 
your outgoings will be updated every lime you change 
one Item 

This sort Qi program might not make money appear 
as if by magic, but It does help to ensure that it won1 
disappear by Ihe same soicero^s route. 



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IhGinselves Ic De the Ideal sralklng ground For ihe dedicaied 
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Now. thankfbHy. there are mce CDs being released spetrfically 
oimsd at corlflm Amiga purposes, and (his shoukl hopefully reduce Ihe 
hif and inis& ratio lhal prevnusry accompanied these productSr 

A few months ago we loch a (ogk at dlsc& aJmed al professional 
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There's so muth 
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IhtFkk a new messiah ha< 
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derng packages, then, because here's 
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lew {alberl lhal Ihereg matunal included 
for Imagine and Sculpt users too) 

There's all the usual slut!, w<Lh space- 
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this held Light Ram exeats, however, 
because il has a vasl range df subjects 
thai are ol more ger>eral mleresL 

For evampte. Ihe phone category has 
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demonslralions of an imaginative use of 
lighting. The ooOed telephone lead may 
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m a scene. 

A catalogue has been supplied for 
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a smalt version of the images. This 
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Them's also a targe range ol tejdures 
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lay bncK effects and the Irke on to sur- 
■aces, 90 Ihey should be a welcome addi- 
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Light Rom is going to receive penodic 
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Those who have inveslod in rendering soft- 
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Imporled Irorn Qmrnany, mosi model for- 
mats are covered here mcluding Imagine, 
Real 3D V2. Sculpt and Maiton Cinema, 
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Each disc may appear lo be choch full, 
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ranging as It first appear,'^. On the lirsi CD 
many of the same old pictures are repeated 
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Unfodunatefy. this same model axempll- 
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I'm sorry to say it, but this CD has all the trails thai can 
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proper cataloguing is essenliat. 

The problem with Ihis CD is that each of the 6300 
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helpful. Il's Inevllable with this 
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Aa lar as I'm concerned, H would 
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concerned with stuffing their CDs until Ihey burst at the 
seams and mora bothered aboul quality. \'d much 
rather have a quarter of the material A what was lefl 
was the pick ol the crop Of course al this price It's 
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'Hfllure when you 
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Enough supporlmg dQCumBnlalion. Ir's a 
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&Ben iran^lalfid from German - an over- 
sighl which makes lor conlusion 

Each disc features a direclorv ol leitures, 
and m laimoss tho&o are ol a high quality 
and shoutd be useful foi Fendsnng and 
□Ehsr purposes a^ well li's good lo see 
another CD leaturjjig thumbnail previews, 
Dwiausa trawling through Image after Image 
can be daunlingly boring 

As usual wllh mosi CD colleclions, 
Ihare's bound lo be Ihe odd thing lo Intafesf 
anyone, and for vrrgm randerers who 
havan'i seen ihe siandard PD models 
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checked sweater All the more reason for me lo gel 
exdled about having my own paity on my CD32 

MkJkey-lakirg aside, Ihis has got lo be one ol the mo^r 
powerful and l^exible pieces ol sollware designed puiely 
lor the &akB of Nghl-Jieailed fun. Available eiQier for rhe 
A1200 or Ihe CD32, this has [he advantage ovei Lha 
other CDs ol being a aelT-ccknialned package with every- 
thing you need lo create your presenlahons on one disc 

Vnur 'videos' are composed via an editor which is sim- 
ple but ttenible In use, and your visuals can he synchro- 
nised precisely lo fit in wilh your music. Any music disc 
csTi be used wilh the package, whicTi Is something of a 
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There's an impressive ran^e of eflects lo apply to Ihe 
images, wil+i all mannw of sciHBn wipes and transluons 
available The PsychoCycle leature allows lor raal-tlme 
colour dialortlon and 3D colour images can be super- 
imposed onto background vtdeo 

Wllh almost 1500 images belrKj provided on the disc, 
you begin lo realise what good value Ihis Is Wlial's 
more, you can load ycui own images fnio your 1200 or 
en exparvted CD32 When you're happy wilh Ihe resulls 
a prosentatiori can be rscorded onto any video. There's 



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also optional luLl-motiDn vidao suppoiT for anyone wHh 
an FMV carindge fitted, 

Ona limitation for CDS? owners ts ihe lacli of a stor- 
age lacHity so they can relum lo edit Videos' at a later 
dale, Ol course, Uiis can be overcome by correcting 
the consols Lo any Amiga via a senal link, ci aitemativ- 
ely by using an SX-1 which Will give the machine stor- i 
age back-up. ' 

If you're given Ihe choice between buyir>g ffiia or the 
lalest game release, I recommend you give Video 
Creator the consideration il deserves Vel again, 
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Another combination of samples and modules. 
World of Sound has Ihe advantage ot being organ- 
ised into proper categories. tHence, if you want 
sounds most suiEed to house music you will 'Ind 
ihem collecled rn iheir own directory. 

Sound effects are hetpluLty subdivided so that 
vehicle, weapon and vanous other noises can 
be found together. However, though this works bet- 
ter than with fha other CD you'll find the odd sam- 
ple sticking out lilie e sore thumb m the wrcrig 
drawer. 

This package seems to have more aimed at the 
lechno music Held, which is line because I suspect 
this IS where most of Ihe demand for Amiga 
music lies. Some of the samples could be used 
lo good eflecl, or alleinallvely they ceuld be 
ripped out ol Ihe modules usmg somethmg like 
Oolamed, ^n terms ol organisation, then, II'g still 



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less than perfect, and a bit more inlormallon in Ehs 
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said. It's a welcome addition lo the area o> audio 
software and shDutd yjeld some treats lo the 
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GRAPHICS 




otr\e on. you 'azy lol, admil it. You 
can'1 be bothareO lo creale your 
own Dbjecls lar use m ray tracing. 
ICs nolhinf] to be ashamed ol in fati, when 
tfiere are so mariy collactions ot high quality 
commori or garden obiecls lloalng around 
out Ihere, you'd have to be barting mad la 
spend lols o\ valuable dine re-invenling ihe 
wheel- 
Fair enough, ar>y 3D enthusiasi will teiL 
you thai a greal pari of the attTaclion is 
building something from scratch, bul is 
Ihere really any poinL In becomhng Ihe mil- 
iionlh parson lo model an office chair or an 
electric cooker? ii you're using certain 
objects jusi la nil oul a scons, why not pick 
up the phone and order a sKip-kiad ot llie 
things? 

Well, for one thing they can be prloey. 
and you'll pay tl and upwards per model 
for something as simple ee a krtctien cabi- 
net Bui hold on there horsey, ever tned to 
modet something as 'simple' as ihal? The 
basic bon part is fine, bul then you've gol 
Ihe handle, some insat detail on Ihe door, 
and there's the wood gram (o gel nght By 
the lime you've pertacled thai Irtfte JoL (ren- 
dering each lime to tesi the eflectt. you've 
spent an hour or more on a single borlriQ 
piece of lurnitura when you could have pul 
the time lo belter use elsewhere. 

Two new batches of models designed lo 
make life easier fall under iha microscope 
Ihis month. One ol ihem - City Builder - \S 
much more large scale than the olher, so 
we'll start with something a little closer to 
home 

Interior Design Is a collection ol house- 
hold and office lurnilure supplied m IhreB 
voiumas and aimed al those who want 
to gel Iheir room designs out ol Ihe Way 
quickly Each volume contains SO or more 
oOiecIs complete with all the necessary 
image maps, sample scenes, and surface 
settings ready for use m Layout. 

As with most commercial offerings, Hiesa 
objects have been created to match Ihe 
real-world size ol Ihoir physical oquivalenls, 
and objects Irom one volume can be used 
with objects Irom another with no need !o 
re-size them. Volume I covers living room, 
dimng roam, and bedroom. Volume II lakes 
care of the li lichen and the bathroom, while 



llglita and r»d 
mddins f roup'* ol 

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Scale tips 



A tip lor any buddmg Lightwave user out [here - use real-world mea- 
suremenlsi Boin object coHecffons raviewetf In these pages are sup- 
plied with models usir>g exact real-world dimensions. In olher worrJs, ri 
a table ts 70cm Tall in real life, the Lightwave modelers who pul Ihesa 
collections Together have ensured that trie model is 70 virtual contime- 
tres lall 

The Sears Tower la a hell of a lot bigger, but II too is supplied using 
Ihe correct measurement You wouldnl believe how much lirne Ihis 
saves when H cornes 10 comliinhng models Irom more than one source 
ii\ the same scene. 

II IS also a lot easier to achieve a reallathc look Tor your models if you 
first measure the real-world equivaleni, then apply these measure- 
ments in Modeler For ejiampie, can you lall me oil (he lop Ol yout 
head psi how long your car Is, or how fall Ihal wardrobe in your bed- 
room is? 

Probably not, and modelers who choose lo ignore the importance of 
measurements usually come a cropper later on. A mode! cfln look line 
when It's being built, bul stick H in a scene with other ob|eclB which 
may or may not be exact, and there wHI De □ propoillon effect w hjOh^ 
can rariga Irom slightly off to horrendoysly Inaccurate. 




Volume HI concentrates on oil icq rurniLure 

Few applrances are included, especially 
in Volume III, bul there are some lights, 
di^washe's, cookers and so on. The office 
scene you can see on these paqea uses an 
A3000. B monitor, and a Venetian blind lo 
add a bit ol detail, but otherwise a complete 
hnierior scene can be buiH very quickly 
using only Ihe supplied examples. 

In addition to the real world measure- 
ments, each has Its rotation point set lo the 
middle of Ihe object, and there are versions 
of most cupboards with and without doors 
to make animation easier For those who 
are fnenperiencad with Lightwave surfaces, 
the models are lully surfaced with all set- 
tings designed lor the correct dimensions, 
which means you can't see the grain on a 
wooden chair Irom 20 leet away as you 
oMen can in amBtHur renders. 

DESIRES 

Of the three collections. Volume III is the 
least desirable, if only because office furni- 
ture Is so boring in Ihe first place The vari- 
ous computer desks, filing cab i nets and 
bookshelves are well modelled, but as they 
are Oased on soulless utilitanan lumiture In 
lf>e lirst place, they don't exactly shine. 

Bathroom and hilchen obiecla, covered 
by Volume II. aie more interesting, as are 
the other household models in Volume I, 
but hi would perhaps have been a better 
Idea lo offer 13 cut-down version ol each eel 
as an all- m -one house bujldlng kit rather 
than solt them separately. RegarOlasa of 
[his minor whinge, the Inferior Design col- 
laction Is a good place to slari lor anyone 
who needs walk-through interiors m a hurry, 

If you're thinking about mlenor design in 
a senous way, and require highly detailed 
objects to give that potential customer a 
warm glow in his or her cheque book, I'd 
advise scouting around lor other colleclions 
first. The models are fine, and the presenla- 
Hon ot the set makes using Ihem ea^y. it^s 
lust that several of them don't resemble any 
furniture I've ever seen or would want to 
buy, even if ihey are the right size and well 
surfaced. 

City Builder is a very different proposi- 
tion, and offers a range ol highly detailed 
thjiklings for use In creating cityscapes Irom 



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scratch. In terms ol its conlenl, Ihe qollsc- 
tfon IS far mora glamorous than the Inferior 
Design set, but then no -one ever said a 
printer stand could match the Chrysler 
Bifilding lor visual appeal. 

Unfortunately, the hugely accuraie mod- 
els (and some of them really are huge) are 
all taken from US cities - no-Big Ben or 
Wolverhampton Civic Hall. I'm afraid. This 
means you can have a lly-lhrough ol 
Chicago or New York, but a helicopter tnp 
around Rochdale is delinilely out of the 
question 

Luckily lor Ihe non-US user, a series 
very useful aliematlves have been added In 
the shape of miscellaneous hotels, tianks, 
apailment buildings, petrol slaliona, and so 
on. These can be usad lor almost any sel- 
ling, from a decent sized lown to a section 
ol a city, and with a lillle bil ol editing the 
whiff of Amencana car\ be removed. 

Building blocks are also included lo 
make it easier to create skyscrapers ol 
your own i:lefiign, and there are trash cans, 
traffic lights, trees, and road templates to 
gel yog started on Ihe small detail Again, 
these are based on US designs, and Ihe 
traffic lights in particular would look out of 
place in a London scene. 

As with Inlenor Design, the full comple- 
menl of image maps, surfaces, and exam- 
ple scenes can t>e found lurking on the five 
disk set, go there's no need to do anything 
Olher than lay Ihe cily out and render ii. 
The only problem on this side is that Ihe 
buitdtngs are so big they take up large 
chunks ol memory. 

To load and render one of the enample 
scenes you'd need about 12Mb RAM, bul 
using the various smaller buildings with a 
couple of larger ones thrown m can reduce 
this to much more manageable proportions. 
For dlatant skyline shots or those desper- 
ate lo save on memory or rendering lime. 




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G fi A P H I C S 



Steuie Hennedt/ tahes a stroll dom — . 
Sth ffuenuB and redecofates his uirtual — 
house with two new collections of 
designer nbjects fyf lightwaue 30 — 



The larger models ail Jiavs Lo-rss equiva- 
lents whicli, though nal very altracttVQ 
close-up, are periecl far many Qlher u^BS. 

Ong area which the negleals a litlle is 
the ground ilsell. Laying out s 3D cily all 
about placli^g ihs raadg flrsE, Ehen popping 
tuEilOing? m aiound ihem, and a fsiM ground 
level lemplales would havo been a usaful 
addition 

Thera are several excellent road sec- 
tions, Includir^g Flyovers and merged lares, 
bul there's no generid: pavement object or 
even a big polygcin coloured tanriac grey. 



Ah.^ fou cmn flimoti imtM rh* uno^n Ciy 
VuJldsr im ideal ter ereatia^ tUwifng 
ny-thttngh'. Jv9i Ilka bank In fl^pan, Mfit 

However, lemplates exisl from vvhich a four 
or six-lana highiMay can be extruded, and 
there are small sBctlons of street which 
Include pavemeni, road marliings, and 
drains, ao oomplsie scenes can be buili 
using these, I'd jusi have lilted a couple ol 
layout plans, that's all. Call me picky. 

The buildings thsmaetva^ are very 
impressive, and it you ever wanled a girfzy 
fly-through scer^a but flidn't know where Id 





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Otough It** Hi««d«n embmmtt iml nlhew fumirunr . 
■■V ft£to*t Mougfi lor w«JJi-lhr0ifgh antmatiopr 



llglf lumllun mlahl metuiillr B« Jf Hrfwilatfp 
for Voluma JIJ, fMcauu moat ol rhe rmal ■luff 
la m\imry bit mm dull mif t/trinapulna 



slsrl, then you do now. I compared a couple 
of piccies of New York with abjects such as 
the ChrysJer and Empire Slale Buildings, 
anqj the modelling accuracy is superb 

From the ranks o' wir>dows which ara 
automalically surfaced to look as il they are 
reflecting a cloudy sky, lo the entrance 
doors on The ground noor, these skyscrap- 
ers are the bi£- 

Even more impressive is the laolball sta- 
dium and The LA City Hall, whose structures 
are less lir>ear and slraight-up then the 
averaga skyscraper, artd some ol the larger 
buildings come with IhaLr own pla^a area 
arourKi them. The UN building, lor example, 
has a fair bit ol gmurtdwoilt and ether detail 
as well as the buildir>g itself 

For the professional user wilh an eye on 
city lly-overs and lly-th roughs, this sat Is 
weLI worlh the purchase prtce. UK enlhusi- 
asls who |UBl liKo mossing wilh huildjngs 
will find the generic building blocks ar>d 
common buildings very useful, aapeOally aa 
These relied the same attention lo detail 
found ir> the mora lamous models. There's 
also the added bonus of a few aheels dI 
manual with sensible tips on using the 
models to best ettect 

You won't be using This collection unless 
you have a fair amount ol memory, but Tor 
those who do, it mW serve up a great many 
urtjan scenes with little dilflcully. 



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ideo gamaa have alAsy^ heen s 
source o( confnjverBy Even back In 
ihe iJays when lha soflware was at 
Ihe Space Invad&rs slage, there was concorn 
aboul Ihe Hrfecfa lhal such atldlcliva, repeti- 
we acUvily wouJd have en i\s young players 

Now however, Uie induslry \s bigger and 
Ihe issuss moi^ aertf^us. Vtolance and sen is 
Iri demand Irom an aduH audience Piat has 
grown gut of culesy pfaHuimers, and Ihe 
hardware is Ihere lo give it to Ihem in a more 
graphic (orm than ever. 

Yes, [heie is now a new geneiation ol 
gamesplayer. Console kids are not Ihg only 
ones (he software developers have lo cater 
for and Ihev are lindirtg lhal there rs a nwe 
malure marnat ready for a dilfarenl type ot 
game. Bui Ihera is the danger lhal as games 
hecome more graphic, ihe induslrv could 
stand accused of poiluling ihe mmds of the 
ythif>g. 

As usual, opiniOTi has loo often been divi- 
ded into opposing camps. Some, Encouraged 
by lha media, would poml to computer anler- 
lammonl as yat anolher source of sooely^s 
decline, while others liercely delend Ihe soK- 
ware mdusliy's nghl lo grow up. For the decl- 
sion-makers, however, finding a fair batance 
has been Ihe key challenge 

The industry has not sat back on lis heels 
over this Issue. ELSPA, {European Leisure 





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Software Publishers Association), lha indus- 
liV's sell-appolnled body, sel up a system of 
seH-regulHlion lasi September Under Ihe vol- 
untary scheme Miey established, each mem- 
ber cl ELSPA now inctudes an advisory 
sticker to slale tf>a age suilabiiily lor retailers' 
and parenls' informalion Though il is a non- 
enlorcsabie system, it was generally 
welcomed as e slap tn the rtghi direclion 

Besides, Ihe legal franiework has been 
Ihere in lha backgnsund 'or over a decade. 
Though most games were exempl under the 



19B4 Video Recording Act. lha law slated 
lhal any game whidi included human sex or 
gross violence Eowards humans or anmals 
required BBFC (Brilish Board ol Film 
Ciassilicalion] legal c^5catlon. 

GRAPHICS 

Admittedly, [his wes pretty much immale- 
rtal in lha past as the basic graphics in 
games meani lhay were seen in Ihe same 
vein as cartoons. Bui now It's a dilferant 
slory - graphics look real. Seeking some 



Now IS a time of adiushnent and the law is not wilh- 
□ul ils grey areas Okay, so acis ol vtolence against 
humans or animals may be conlrnliod, but imagine a 
Doom vanani where there are vivid depictions of 
slaughter, blood and guts but where aki the victims 
are lanlasy monsters. Such imagery could slill dis- 
lurb Ihe young, yet Slrachan admrtled lhal "II 
it's not a human or animal a will be eiten^l Irom lha 
Video Recordings Act " Though the Obscene 
Publlcahons Act may cover some ol the cases, it 
seems there may ba a gap In Ihe cunenl legislanon. 

On the publishers' side, Keith Smith ol MHtenmum 
sees Ihe Home OHice guideline as a polenlal prob- 
lem. "If you use this aa Ihe reason lor developing a 
cenlfjcahon policy, then games' publishers will use 
images lhal don't look a bji human Maybe this is 
better If gamespiayers ara only committing acts ol 
computer violence on worms w«lh fangs and IIuofbb- 
cent green blood then ihey Will entsf society as 




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nonTtal. well balanced irtdivlduals . come on realivi' 

To Ihelr credit, the regulalory bodies realfse ihay 
have to be Deidble te deal wiih deveinpmenis in lha 
games induslfy. Laune Hall ol Ihe VSC pointed lo 
how much the public's view ol games software could 
change wilhin a few yaflrs Wore worrying is the Tad 



mat an irresponsible few could bypass ihe reguia- 
Wona with Public Dorrkain software. 

Hall believes lhal regulating PD soHwara sold in 
physical loirn by dislnbutors should be posa)ble. but 
there are dangers with matenal being downloaded 
from BBSs. These would be extremely difficull lo 
rfKmilor and, as Hall himself pointed out, the devel- 
opers couW be a iol less scmpukjus Ihan Ihe ma|or 
companies 

Rnally, Ihe classificaten process Irtvoh/es practi- 
cal difficulUes The BBFC charge ter every minute ol 
their thme and ihis could push cost up considerably 
for a game lhal lakes weeks lo complete. What's 
more, even il this problem is salved there's no guar- 
antee lhat Ihe evaluator will sae every pari ol lha 
game Mortal Kombal. for example, has secret fm- 
ishmg rrkoves lhat are extremely violenl and Inchy lo 
find - ullimalely, a lot couW come down to trusting 
lhal Ihe publishers will reveal all. 



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A summary of Uie logislaFiDn cuirenily tM 
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Th« VidQO Rocordings Act 19B4 - rhis 
Glales thai all video wur^s should be ^b- 
iTiEtrsd !□ Ihe BBFC lor clasaJIrcHlitJn- 
L^isure EoTlware, however, is exempt Trom 
■he act unless Iq 'any shgnificanl eiTenl' 
Ihsy depicE or enccurags human fiexusi 
aclivily Of vtolence towards humans 
or animals 



The Criminal Justice Ad 1994 - s loop- 
halE in [he Video Recordings Act meani 
IhaT spflware m cattrldge formBl was 
exempt Irom itie acl. This new acl lakes 
cartridges in fO Itv law. 

The Obscene Publicatlona Acr 1953. 
laefl - this matte II an ofTsnce fo puDlrsh 
an ^ot>scane arlmie' which it defines a& 
somalhing that 'dspiaves and gonupls' ils 
audience. The act has been amerrted to 
keep up ru dale wilh ledirxilogy Compuler 
wftware falls under 1hi3 acl. Unfodunately. 
il^s natanous^ vague 



i.Janricalion on the slate ol Ihe law, ELSPA 
ana Ihe VSC (The VIdea Brandardg 
Council) approaclied the Home Office, in 
TBply, the HO slated thai If a game ctwac- 
lef looks human, it should Jje ireaEed as 
human for ffie purpose of the taw 

TNs may nol sound like much, but II 
UcKed off quite an outciy In Ihe press. "We 
CDuld be about in witness Ihe death of a 
iwhola gaming genre." cned an arllcle m 
Compuler Trade Weekly predicting an end 
10 games like Mortal Kombal and Doom. 

This ytas pHirKaps a rather alarmist atti- 
tude to lake, but il does leave publishers 
and devQlopers i-vilh a dilemma Do they 
lone a game down for fear ol having an 18 
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BBfC for classilicalion. or ckn thay continue 
to dsvEjQp for 0 smaller mar^iet? Marh 
Slrachan, ELSPA5 chairman, was keen lo 
dispeJ ihH fears ol media alarmists but 
accepled the imporiance of Ihe l-Iome 
Office's slatement. Taven lilerally," he said. 



" It could have a lot ol implications lor our 
Industry Any game which has anything like 
a human in it wilt be under the Video 
Recording Act, which could causa serious 
pr^lems lor publishers." 

Currently, ELSPA are recommending 
EhHl all tilles iHled in the l& Eo IS bracket 
under the voluntary system should be pre- 
pared lor possible cert if ica Hon UHlmaEely 
though, the future of adult-themed games 
will lie with Ihe publishers, many af whom 
were reasonably optimlshc, Nich Walkland, 
European PR for Empire slated: The iS-i- 
market may appear to be a more limited 
one, but the simple fact is that an 18 label 



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APRIL 199! 




FEATURE 



will raise more Inieresl in the punrers' eyes 
and Mial, In lurn. will make more paciple Iry 
it out. For ihfll reason, inere will alwai^a de 
some sollware ha uses developing edull- 
mamed ganiHS " 

Some see IhB 1 B sllcher aa Bn unttiraal- 
enlng aafety nel - Ihe developers can &h 
as bpid as Ihey like as long as the lltle is 
given an 18 cedificale (provided it doesn't 
Fall loul □! the Obscene Publi canons Act) 
Then il becomes a mailer of OBiiiding what 
IS Bdvenlurous ralher than Just tasteless. 

SUSPICIOUS 

Despite me software houses' dealre to 
sTiDW a responsible lace, tiowBver, ihe 
mwolvemenl of the BBFC has caused 
some underlytng &uspicion. NIch WalKland 
said "inisrlering bgds rtho have noihmg 
beller lo do than sit In a loom making 
judgemenis over what people should 
watch could weil cause piobiems." 

On the olhaf hand John Hare, the MD ot 
Sensihie Scrtware, se&s Ihe HmllaUDns on 
crealivify and origmallTy coming from else- 
where. According lo htm, the probiems lor 
SensitHe come from what the big hardware 
ma ml Fact u re rs iike Sega aliow or; then 
machines, and what (he dlsirlhurors ara 




prepared to sell Hare accepts itie need for 
proper regulation, but fears that soma of 
the people in control of Ihe FnduBtry are too 
conser/atiue "A minority are oul of touch." 
he said, "and they're not willing to budge, 
in my opinion Ihey could do a lot of 
damage " 

in his view, those working againaL aduH 
contenl m games are learlul of the 
unknown. He points to ihe dmg cuilurs as 
an Huampte 'Anyone mvolued m the drugs 
cullufB wiil know lf>Q pros and cons. Il's 
much belter to educate people by having a 



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Differgnt strahes 



it ,s pretty much agr^ad tbat regulaLons should be done on a country lo counlrj basis 
ral^^er than on a global scale ^.ecause of cultural differences. This proves a pr oblem fo r 
developers loo ^ what is accepiable in one country 
may not Ijh elsewhere. 

John Hare points lo black humour as an example. 
Kb Ihinks that in Ihis country we understand It, but m 
Ihe Slates Ihoy don't. Sensible Soflwere are over- 
coming this by iiteraity doing a iranslallon of their 
games, with one version for Europe and one lor the 
Slates Hare said: "You've got to translate the 
humour and also the morality. Something which is 
morally acceptable here might not be elsewhere and 
vice-versa." 

Sensible are nol the only ones to have laced [his 
MicroProse had to iranslata more than |usl the lan- 
guage on their current proieol, Pizia Tycoon 
The translation from German to English meant Ihe 
se:<ual content had !□ be toned down. 

Rob Oavifls, lor WicroProse, stated "We have 
been aware lor a long time that cultural diflerences 
are not limited lo things which fall under each rating 
olaasJficalion We always tiy lo adapt our games lo 
suit diflereni markets if there is legislation to be 
lormed H should be on a country basis and not 
world-wide " 




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realistic outlook than pretending we're ^ 
an Enid Qiyfon world " 

Hare's vhews may be controversial, hut 
n cne respect he represents Iha common 
consensus Everyone appears to agree 
that *e should not insult the gameplayer's 
inlailigence. As Ro§er Bennett, general 
secretary ol ELSPA, lold Amiga 
CompuUng following the eslablifihment of 
the voluntary repuiations; "There is a lot ot 
patronlsaiion of the youth of loday lo 
assume lhay can ! lell the difference 
between lantasy and reallly.- Let us hope 
all parlies remember this when applying 
Ihe Home OHice's advice. 

H neiiJ frnntiBr 

It's easy lor Ihe media lo hype an Issue 
for the sake of a good story. Al the 
moment we are shil onty talking about 
[he minority ol games - in [act, only 1 
per ceni ol trtles so lar have been given 
an 18+ rsLlng. As Slrachan points oul; 
■Il's vary easy lo pick up on exlremes 
Stfliislica prove only a tmy minority are 
HxcessivBly violent - the rahng syslem ts 
working" The mduslry has taken a 
iBsponsiblB stance on the issue, bul ulti- 
mately a lol has lo be down to parental 
responsibility. Wonving'V. some frighten- 
ing research shows thai while 60 per cant 
Of parents exert control over what (heir 
Children walch on television, only Lhreep- 
er canl monitor what games they play 

This has had a lol to do with Ihe par- 
ants' lechnophobia and iha fact thai the 
computer oflen gels hidden away in Ihe 
bedroom. Hopefully Ihough, as the 
gamBSplayers grow up and become par- 
ents ihemselvBS this problem will lessen 
The computer industry cannot be 
8!^ peeled to regress, a must move with 
Ihe nmes and keep up wllh olher lorms 
□1 entertainment 

On Iha whole, few could deny ihat the 
Industry has taken a positive and 
te sponsible role In responding lo Iha 
needs lor regulation. Keith Smilh ol 
Wlilannium, however, warned: "we 
should nol diciate whai is watched 
based upon Ihe politics of fear " if video 
entertainment is to grow up, il appears 
[hai Ihe shrieks 0" media hype must bo 
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^^^V ompurers ana prlnrers - anyone 
f-fl p^B w^kD's Q]i[>Brlen[:ed Iha fruskalicr 
oT Irymg lo get [hem working prop- 
erly rogeUier will know whars mearl Dy ]hs 
Dhrase 'n mdrFinge made iri IteN ' Vou can 
QV a page out Ehal looks greal on-screen, 
n^ly To find your printer h&r>'1 giving Ihs 
f^sutts ir& suppot^d to give. 

AJas, JAM'S new veraicn of Siudfa 
Pro)essior>al does r>ol prourde Ihe all 
encompassing solution to these Incky prot>- 
ema. bul il you're an Amiga owner who 
requires lop-notch results It cou4d help you 
maximfsfl your printing potential. 

Non-lediy folk beware, however. Stiidio 
irfi manual claims that this package Is very 
simple 10 use, bul a lea^nablo amount of 
fnpenence 13 presumed The documenta- 
■len Usett, lor onamplo, Is OKtonsively 
aefaiioiJ bui rather iniimidating and oonfus- 
ng in its layoul. It's no) unnl page 1 1 1 thai 
ftfi tinally gel 'SLudlo lor Bsginners,' and if 
you're expecting the >^nd ol walk througli 3 
company liks Soltwood would give, you can 
^rget if. 

Inslalfing ihe progiam initially looks sim- 
M ihanks to the fad that Studio uses ihe 
Commodore (nstatler program However, it's 
a bsngthy process wilh many more menus lo 
i^ioose from, so a slep-by-step guide would 
reave been much approciaiad 

CONRDENCE 

IE woufd seem, Ihen. thai this pacKage is 
fnosl useful for the more professional user 
■no atready has a lol ol conrtdence with ihe 
printer ba^jcs. If you happen to be one ol 
ihis elite crew, though, it's only lair lo say 
Btat Studjo II has a lot to olfer 

Studio is divided into two parts, the lirsi 
KJng a colleclKin ol Workbench printer dri- 
b's for virlualty all printers currenlly on the 
market They do have a slight edge over the 
sandard drivers thanks to ihe fact that rhey 
■low users lo make adtustmenta lo colour, 
^fiyscate, dirhering, denstty and resolution. 

To ensure Ihe package is kept up tD dale 
■irh new printer hardware releasee, the 
makers ol Studio have conferred confiden- 
!iflJly wrth pnnfer manuEaclureis, This means 
'lal unique drivers are developed before 
~^y pnntera are aclually retaased, and m 
re version Epson ESC/P2, Canon BJ and 
BJC printers have been catered for 
The second pah ot Iha package consists 



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Bming a high-class printer is all um — 
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tf^eii can't mahe the most of them. — 
Rotu Careth lofthouse reports ona - 
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Print Studle'm 
haCkgiound ■timloiV 
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of a pk:rur? printing program The advantage 
oflered by this software Is thai It can prJnl 
most types ol pictures without using up lo 
much memory - in fact it will even prim 
postar-sl^ed linages spread over muitipie 
pages wilhoul having to load Ihe entire 
pk^ure into memory. 

An additional piece ot software aifows 
tmages to be pnnled directiy from disk In 
either 8-bit or ?4-bJt precision, an advantage 
gamed from the lad that Ihe program is nol 
fimited to Ihe 4D96 colours ol the 
Wodtbench device. 

The big development for this version, 
however, is m Ihe introduction of the llrst 
proteasional colour management system 
(CMS) to appear lor the Amiga. A delinile 
boon toe the user with jieiious printing 
requirements, this system ensures thai the 
printer colours match the ones you're 



looking al on-screen All 
paramelers for Ihe CMS can be adjusted, and 
II avoids the need for enpensive printer pio- 
fitas or phosphor-type files. What's more, CMS 
can be ad|UBted automatically to your printer 
using a gcanner calibralion [od, and an eiflen' 
save list ol monitor drivers has been added to 
ensure the screen is showing the cokjuiS and 
defmiiion of a picture correctly. 

The range ol dither types has been 
expanded Impressiveiy lor this version Wilh a 
choice of S4 to choose from. The speed and 
quality of these processes is creditable, and 
Ihe option for previewing sefecled dither 
types IS an addJtional time saver. Other 
image enhancerrtents include blur, sharpen, 
aulomatte conlraat. enhancement, mirror arvd 
inversion efects, 

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t luspecl the demand lor a producl like Ehis Is going lo be IJmlled, f^ost people are 
happy 11 Lhey can gel LheJi printers churning out reasonable results, and they are 
umikflty Id plough Ihrough this daunting piece ol software for the sake ol tweaking 
•dogs to perfection. 

More cGutd have been done lo make Ihe program accessible to a wider range ol 
users by providing a luloriBl or on-line help. As il stands, those who are already 
Uruggfing with their printers should ignore the high overall mark thia producl 
Oblained, 

On Ihe olher hand, for anyone who feels really professional results are necessary, 
Ihrs package is cerlainly worth a took Used correclty, Sludle can maKe a slgniNcanl 
•mprovemeni on rhe ouipul of your applicatlonE, whether lhey use Ihe Workbench 
priming system or olherwise. 



GRAPHICS 





our dVerage uiEleu preBenlalion 
|usi that - average. Add a le* spe- 
Cts\ erf eels, Ihougli. and even a 
dulf piace dI toolage can be CDinplelBly 
iransIormBfl Dlgilal Video Eftecls (DVEs), 
bSBE known lor Iha^a wacky cascades and 
lumbhng Hips used in Amencan sponscssts, 
are the besl way lo do Ihis, and Synergy's 
Hflllywood FX offerg just abour [he best 
soluTion I've aaen an Ehe Amiga lo date 

When added m a prafessKinal video suit 
using reat-llme processors, DVEa are very 
expensiVB, and onlll now Ihe home or sqieii- 
prc user of bghtwave has arily been able lo 
dream about page Eltps, scrolt wipe?, shat- 
rers, and so on The elfeda supplied wpfri 
the full-ljbuvn Video ToasEer are oKay as 'ai 
as Ihey go, but they are nothing liKe a;; 
good as fha 24-bn animated effects possi- 
ble wiih Hollyv-ood FX. By offering a slower 
approach whioh doesn't scnmp pn quality, 
Ihe program does the same |Dti as proiss' 
gkonal kit bul ar a much tower pncs 

The program has a sample inelhnd d1 
working Usmg Lightwave aa a rendering 
engine, Hollywood FX {HFX) passes Irs 
own objecla and scanE Inlormallon to the 
Layout screen and renders the elf eels in 
the same wsy eny other scene wouFd be 
produced. The diffeience js Llial evervlhing 
is automatic and the user need only specify 
which Images or sequences are lo be 
Included m the effecl, then cIje* a lew but- 
tons and pop out lor a cup of lea wtiite the 
□VE animation ronderSr 

There are 48 eflects In all. and ths variety 
of choice IS enough lo keep Tuost videogra- 
phers and animators happy. Simple DVEb 
used as Iransitions can start with the 
bog-standard tiOfi?onlal Wfpe where an 



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nm ioQh with the latest stdrni-e^ed 
lightmaue add-on. HolimBodFH 



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image slides smoothly away lo reveal 
another, of can be as complex as the 
gallery eflect. 

This involves mapping Images onto two 
picture Irames in a Ughtwave generated 
room, then zooming out, panning across, 
and zooming back m on Iha second image 
as It S4t3 In its frame on the opposite wall If 
you're lucky enough to have a PAR card or 
another high-speed digmser, these images 
can be replaced With captured video 
sequences to produce stunning transilions 
from one video source to Ihe nenl 

In about half of the DVEs, transition from 
one Image to another js the preferred 
method, hut there are many which use just 
une image on a background Users can 
select another image or sequence lor the 
background, a delinable gradient, or a soltd 
colour for keying live video al a later stage 
Both blacK (luma) and blue (chroma) keying 
are supported as slanflard 

CONTROL METHODS 

A? wirh mn^r Lightwave add-on soHware, 
HFX controls Ihe mam program through lis 
Af^ex:! pon, and this makes it possible for 
the package to oversee mosi aspects ol 
rendering. From a series ol simple on- 
screen buttons, Ihe user can select avery- 
ihjng from image resolulioh lo anti-alJasing, 
outpui Nte directory, and backdrop colour - 
almost everything, in fact, you'd normally 
set using Ihe Layout option panels. 

The options button, for eitample, opens a 




screen whli^ olfers the anti-aliasing setting 
along WJlti toggle buttons tor depth of field, 
motion blur, and ray tracing Throw in lha 
ability lo set field rendenng to on or ofr» 
adjust the sample threshold lor imagafi, 
and the option to render to DVl and yau 
have a pretty comprehensive lisl. 

In a clever move, the program will only 
Qfler ahadowing options (map or ray trace) 
when you have selected one of Ihe DVHs 
which uses shadows as pari ol Its efteoL 
Those which do use shadowing really shine 
when a nnal animation I3 played. Nol only 
[lo you get smooth 3D effects moyfng 
across your background video source or 
animation, that same 3D effecl casts shad- 
ows which lend the elfect a real depth 

To enable the best possibta control over 
line I rmaga appearance, Ihe images option 
'screen gives the user the ability to adjust 
nany of lha suclace properties of Ihe 
objects lo which images witl be mapped. 
Luminosity, transparency and specularity 
are all there, which means Ehere js no need 
to go into Lightwave lo set these up ror ihs 
final render. 

This IS lust as well, because HFX crsates 
its scones onfy after Ihe user decides to 
Stan rendenng, and ctaars rt^m once ren- 
dering is complete or if it is JnlBrrupfed- 
Whether this is a way ol slopping people 



H ClD59r iDOh 

Here's a small selection ol the superb 
eflects oflered by Hollywood FX 
Remember - there are 48 In all, and 
moi^ planned for release. We couldn't 
bring you rendered images Irom 
every single DVE, hut this random 
selacllon should be enough lo whel the 
vhdeographer's appelite 




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Ihm comEimtaf and totfna Jme B •vcan'T 
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Digital Video Eflacts probably seem liAe an expensive luxury, but if 
you rhink rhey are luss Ihan absolutely essential to modern video 
edil>ng, then Ihlnfc again. Fair enough, some of the more outlandish 
effects used on cabin TV or sporlscasls would bp oul of place m a 
more sober production, but watch the BBC or ITV II you wan) 
examples DVEs blending In with Ihe surrounding video. 

They have become so much a pari ol modern uiUirographv that a 
vidBD which doesn^t use iham these days dowdy and bleak. 

Edits can appear clunky and over-abrupt, Iransltions loo squared 
off, and the whote production suffers. Over-use can tead to silly 
extravagances, of Course, but Iry a super-smoolh wipe with feath- 
ered edges just once and you'll be hooked tor good. 

or course, you can create PVEs yourselt by building objects, 
experimenting with flight paths, and spending hours or days trying 
10 gel Ihe eflect jusi right, but it's very unlikely you'lt match the 
more cample* effects found in HFX, Many of Ihem use pages 
which roll up like wallpapgr, or crumple, shatter, and etptode. and I 
lor one would run out of patience long before t got dose to some 
of time flNsciB using Lightwave. 



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■ iw^hIiA Addina b ■ounrf unwl« would 

-"c^lng the objecis and scenes lor other 
15 debatable, but il doss hr^iight one 
neaknsaa in the pach^ge. 

Altering [he speed er which an entire 
OVE plays Is easy enough, becau^o uno 
need unly make Jl render more Irarr^es (you 
cAn sBE each Id lake a& many frames as U 
*e5}, but there is no way Id edil how 
■iciBcrB work milhjn the etfecl Itself. To lake 
K" eKarnplSr there a DVE i^hich spins two 
'-idges mlo the screen one alter the olher, 
-lA the user has no conlrol over individual 
j-iage speed or rotation 

Same son of envelope cor^lrol would 




A «bnpl* •ffvel bur viieWfvil 
DTMleh, HFX tumt culm Oim totagnnma 
n>}>ga In tufa awn! fhe ptaca' ''II OtI 
IfM borrDni of ItiB screen 

have given the package a huge flpnihililv 
boost, but ^iven Synergy's plans to release 
a Hollywood FX Designer and libraries Ol 
DVEs lor use in Uie pacl^age, Ihe orriission 
would seem a deliberHlB i^rnirieiQaf lacHc- 
Never mind - plenty of DVEs are supplied 
with the pacfaege and most ol Ihem are 
stunning 

For owners of ADPro 2.5. the package le 
fiuppllBd with macras fo maka u&o ol ihaf 
package's e]<celJent imaQB processing furbc- 
tions. Pre-wrllten macros include one lor 
the oiF painhng efecl and one for emboss- 
ing, bul as Ihey are atl well oommented it is 




fimii - (wD Im/igrf arm *lor«d pn 
•tfTw ftWa ol a mervto which apUta 
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CtHH hiTvJ- ■ hiU-teroon 
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Moenio otrl 4a lovaal thai it loan 
llnagm naalarf onto fl" Bid" o' 41 tfVM, 
which chnos at U leam Iho 




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}mn ol lltO KrHf wwiappOd onto m 

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Parly ^ortaa - a hiU-aoioaa Imata 
iBtmalvwm Into wnall kquarH, wMch 

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edsy 10 sdM the scripts In a led edilor lo 
use olher eflecis auch as swirl or rippi? lor 
Iruly ajnazing conibmations 

The effecl gamed when you add suoh an 
Image processing Inch to an already elick 
anrmated transition has to be seen to be 
believed, I was jnahle to make ihe program 
live up to rts promise Ehat 1 1 would load 
ADPrD and use i\s aperators on frames as 
fhey were rendered (a possible bug Ihere, 
guys], but (he 4Bth and final DVE is a sim- 
ple post-prod uction button which will load 
and process the frames you have |usL ren- 
dered, so the lealure can be made to work 
eventually. 

As HFX win also take aduarilagp of tho 
PAP caflJ, those with high-end vicfeo selups 
can mlegralB Ihe package wiEh their expen- 
sive equipment, and if you're senous about 
creating video animations or olher produc- 
tions using Lightwave, you should gel your 
harKte on Hollywood FX as soon as possi- 
ble- Ferget the Toaster's own DVEs and 
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been raving on about Ihe virlues of 
the Video To^iJilfir, Ihe awBSome 
I'mer of Lrghlwave or, more recenlly, (ha fof- 
Tiidabie aiiiaric poienrial ot Ftiofogenics. This 
^ Ihe glamorous sidfs tho Amiga, and 
'ol suf|)risir)g i1 U\b snlhuBiasts war)l (o drool 
But whhe everyone goes dewv eyed and 
riinKs ol all Ihe tiidden crealive lalQnls soon 
V] he unleashed into rliBir compuler, iCb easy 
in Forgel what these handy maohlnes ars 
rimarify t>esigned lo'. 

Yss, no mailer how good ihe database is, 
< cgnrKil holp bLit look rather hunible in oom- 
canson lo rha dartlngs ol ihe Amiga world. To 
t« Trank. the prospecl of having lo review 
iuch a package is enough fo have snyone 
■^uirerlng bitterly and leelir>g much pul-upon, 
&j| of one Uitng J am sure the dull dalabase 
be len limes more useful lo the average 
Ihan Ihte likss of Lightwave will ever be. 
The database hails 'rom a period whcin 
cjirpufers were supposed 1d free tip our Iirne 
'alher than consume il- Like your washing 
^-adime. they perform a Job whidi Ie deadly 
tomq, bul then that's WhBl makes Ihem a4l 
re rnore invaluable. 

Sq how doas Softwood's effon compare 
•■ih Digi1a"5 Dataslore'* The lirst thing lo 
■vil'cs IS that Final Gala nowhere near as 
Ksh when il cornea lo outward appearances. 
ZnqiKa have applied Ihe seme approach as 
r^ey did with Wordworth, which meana 
'-■f rei i3 very flashy ironl-end lo view 

DULL INTERFACE 

By oomparison Final Data looks rather 
itab. With an Interlace borrowed irom your 
iijndard spreadsheet There are na pretty 
-r^ns and you oar'l Imporl pictures lo grace 
. jr files with a splfiBh ol colour. But Ihen 
-- cares? Of Course It's imporiani to 
- Z--D powerful page-design tools m a word 
. --.fissoF. bul who wanis 10 Waste time and 
---nory space tarling up a list ci names and 
: = phone numbers. 

Final Data may be more modest superli- 
fjafly but wben it comes lo the organisation 
arc soilirig of inlcmialion it has a number of 
reogths. Sottwood's arm in Keeping the stiff- 
«<a hare and ample has been lo maximise 
sHed, both In terms of ease of use and 
^oency 

.Vhen It cornea to learning how to use Ihe 
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less confident Ihe slep-by-sl^ guide should 
proVQ foolprool 

For Ibose ol you with particulady large 
recalls lo keep, it's good to know that the 
number of rows and columns is unlimiled. 
What's more, columns can be resized using 
a quick poinl and drag mat hod. 

Data IS entered into cells In a similar man- 
ner lo entering dets inio a word processor, 
and the program venfies tbal the information 
given for each cell Is consistent with the type 
ol mfomialion eirpected. For enample, enter- 
ing an invalid date would result in an error 
message being displayed. 

Simple arithmetical calculallons can be 
performed including adding, subtraction, 
multiplication and dividing. Parenlliesis can 
be used in complet calcularions involving, 
lor eompte, (( Hours " Rate) + 
(Bonusu'Days Wor1(ed. 

OUTPUT 

Pnnting is relativelv speedy thanks to Ehe 
tact that Final Data uses a printer'^ built-in 
Ionia as opposed to any outline fonts This 
can have the added adv^nlage of making 
printouts more readable. 

A rewarding leature tor owners or 
Softwood word processors is the tact thai 
Final Data is ideal for managing lisis that are 
to be used with the Fmal Writer or Final 
Copy's 'Print Merge' lacHity. The database 
iiulomaDcally works out how an ASCII tile is 
going to be sflvpd lOr conversion when you 
select which word processor to use. 

The advantage of storing inlormBthon on 
Ihe computer is Ihat the required data can be 
recalled in much less time than it would take 
lo search your filing cabmel. A d^labasa's 
sorting powers are therefore atl important, 
and loriunately Final Data is better ihan mosi 
thanks lo a search and replace all leature 
that they claim is unique. 

Like all good utiliLles. Final Data suppods 




Follming last month's rei/iew afOigita's — i 
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ARe^x. the Amiga's inier-program language 
APexK programmers have 75 commands at 
their disposal to develop their own scrlpis, 
but for those of us who are uninitiated Inio 
Ihe mysteries ol Ihls language, several 
predesigned scripts are included in the 
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the less lime you have to apend on a 
database Ihe belter. A good program 
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I sad on a I laots. 

Final Date has no frlMs (o frick you 
Into Ihlnhing you>e having fun, but 
happhy It does have The power to do 
what P computer should do by saving 
valoabla time on your psper work. 
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£99 

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^ci^^ yOLit Amiga W)/2yOC .hip RaJ 
to a total uf 2MB. McgaChip does tills 
usLne its o^n 1MB of RAM .md drawing^ 
«rra memory From any piher RAM ynir 
have irtitullcd in youi Amiga. No .oldetine 
required- 

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u,cr interface that ;also runs on .he 
Workbench screen, a rwo timc^ speed 
improvement ovrr vl,^. d:ita compre«ion 
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WSK EXPANDER 

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. Fk^hle and expandable as new compression 
libraries arc developed 

• Once installed die program i^ rr^sparent to 

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- Works un any Amiga wiih any Kicksari 
DISK EXPANDER 

LOPPY EXPANDER ■ 

Floppy Expander allows you to tii about 
1 '^MB on J standard (loppy drive ^nd an 
im=t7ing -1MB when used in conjuncMon 
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[D^lLiy HAMfl/24-bii images on a non- 
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rOWERSCAN h4 COLOUR .,,£199 

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hile Cammodora'a Fulura remsins 
unre&olveO, Ihlrd-pany deveiop- 
eis still producing innovaFiDns 
and imprDWEmenls br high-snd Amiga 
usBJ-s - the )lke5 of the Warp Engine, 
Cyber^omi D60 and DEher asBorCed Eech- 
hical goodtas ars planliful for 40005 and, 
In Eoina casss, for 1200 owners as well 

But lei's not Torgal about lEta puniers 
who Tielped slan I^h Am»ga lagacy - Ihe 
500 pnd 500 plu^ ownsis By loday'g 
stanOards, thsso mBCKlnes are the miist 
basic afaunti However, because money 
dcean't grow on iToea and not everyona 
can coucjh up targe amounls qI cash For 
a 4Q00 (iF they can lind one at tha 
momeni), Ihe SOD sHW has enough 
pfinpherajs eg give more power lo your 
elbow 

Whal lolfows are (hreo pieces of hard- 
waiB thai can do Just thai Any various 
SQO usei should give each considerettnn, 
to malta aura EhaE Iheir machine dOESn'l 
become redundanl over the following 
year. 



Pouier 



Wittj Smiga 
tschnologt^ fareuer 
immum in speed 
and spec, uihatcan 
the humble 5BB 
mnefdn ta inject a 
neuj lease of life in 
to tt^eif mil used 
machine? Rdam 
Fhillips reuiews 



m-Iec fiarduare Design HOD [Si^e: ]60 fTb] 



Hard drives are essentisl tor any raal kind ol dale atoiage. Floppies are line 
for Iranaporung data Ircm one machijie to another but, for ease of usa. reha- 
bilily and above all, apeedn a hard drive has to be near Ihe top of any Amiga 
owner's shopping list, 

Comtng m vanuus memory sizea. many programs can be Inslallod lo Ihe 
hard drive and sjmply double-cliched on to load. No fediaus disk swapping of 
kengUiy wajis as the program boots up. For 500 owners, Ihe AT30D, while 
not exactly what you d calf eye grabbing, la a very elflclenL piece of kll. 

The unil plugs into Ihe sidecar expansion slot on Ihe 500 and has two sim- 
ple buttons on the from, along wilh two LED lights lhal indicate whan the 
dnve is on and when \\ is being used. 

Coming preformatleO, the hard drive shouldn't cause any problems whan 
berng ^1 up Plug the unit In, (urn on the 500 with Workbench I 2 or above 
in Ihe floppy, and switch on the hard dnve. 

The HD'a management syslem la provided on an accompanying diBk. 
There are Ihree programs lo help install, check and configure Ihe HD. The 
mam software is Ihe lnBtal^er where, by using a simple sal of optinna, the 
user can pretly much create whatever ha or she needs. 

DiFlerent parlilions can be created, each using a certain amount ol 
memory Irom the hard drive, and any faulls can De checliad Once you're 
happy with all tha options, simply cfick on the proceed button During Ihis 
penod. Workbench can be installed onto Ihe IHD 

Be warned Ihough - once aJL the parTifions have been sel up, if you should 
decide lo char^ them, use the delete partitions option, nol Ihe low level for- 
mal. One, il takes four houjg ro do and, two, the hard drive won't work 
properly wiUioul be^ng relurned to Itie supplierS- 

The best advice is to novor use the lormaf opiion unless you're at 
your wit's end anfl, for selling up your hard drive in tha lirsi place, 
think which parlition you want lo boot up Irom and give lhal parti- 
tion the most memory. The simple reason for ihis is lhal you'll 
spend less time in Shell sorting ouf fiddly assign routines 

If you want lo avoid all Ihls hassle, simply praorder how 
you want the hard drive lo be set up end Ihe suppliers will 
do if for you. 

Also included on disk is Ihe DPU soflware. This allows the 
user to salecl a device and see how ils working, where Ihe mem- 
ory IS allocated m each partition via a t^l map analysis, and gives 
the option to check for conupl cylinders 

Tliere were no Instrucllons incJuded lor Ihe actual hard dnve bul each 



program on Ihe floppy comes with Ils own read. me lile or there is on-screen 
help when you're using a particular piece of software I'd sllll prefer a "ully 
comprehensive manual Ihough. couerfng alt aspects ol the package m one 
booklel Power Computing has said they'll pul in an advice slip for naiAiCom- 
ers. liBlIng the do's and don'is of hard dnve 'ehqueiie ' 

Apart Irom my formallmg problem tf%ough, ii has lo be said lhal this is a 
good piece ol kit w^th fast access limes 
and causes a minimum of fuss la be 
inslalled on a 500 or 500 plus A 
good star! Iot anyone who 
needs a large amount ol 
data, pnmod and leady for 
easy use and access. 



Tha HatM Bttt^ ol fafiuiiitw 
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Value for motMy. 
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Amiga Camputing 



APRIL 1995 



HARDWARE 



Onco in a while, every user fsaches thai poiril 
where leek of memaiv in [heir compuleT beccirrie& 
an snneymg habll Wher> using corlain riles or pro- 
grams, Ihey rely epther partly or enclusively on chip 
RAM rhai makes up ihp core ot your machine's 
menmry 

Samples, image map6 ar>d olher:; operale 
solely from Ihis source and withnul 
enoughr Fhs slandard Ami^a 
BOO/plus can became redun- 
dant lor csrlain users 
requiring fu^l thfiE 
hWe hil mere. 
Also, corrain 
programs such 

Ihs SMceltenl 
ScaPa require a 
mir>imum ol 2Mb 
chip RAM ro oparaie 
so more memcry is 
e&aer>[LBl 

The M-Tec 3MB is 
one solution lo I ha prcb- 
lem Ccming in iwc pans 
lhal are connecleiJ via a wira. 



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ihe unit a s replacemeni For ihe Gary chip which 
can be found on Ihe 500's orcuii board. The aciual 
?Mb comes or a board that sitps inic Iba 
trapdoor Blot. The replacement Gary 
chip, with tts piggyback connscler, 
slots Into the Gary slot cncs the 
onglnal ch^p has been removed. 
Be careful when Slotting the 
piggyback In because the long, 
un supported connectOFS are 
very llimay and have a ten- 
dency to bend so they 
■, rton'l tit Into their 
\ respective holes. 
I The best way to 
I ensure that each row 
Oi pins is suitable to III 
on \Q either side of Ihe 
Gary slot is lo ever-so 

mmpt? You'ra goJiw nwm^ aafra 



gently press a row againsl Ihe side ol a desk so 
Ihey point in a little more- Once done, ease them 
into their correct position. 

FlicK Ihe machine on and you'll now have an 
extra 2Mb sitting there uery comfoftably in chip 
RAM. The only thing to maKe sure of Is that when 
ordering, specify if you have a 500 or 500 plus - 
they aren't Interchangeable. 



The bottam line 



Product: M-Tec 2 meg upgrade 
Price: £39.95 
Supplier: Power CompuUng 
Tel 01234 273000 



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Ease of use 

Implementation _ 
Value for mon«y. 
Overall 



a 
a 
a 
a 



fTi-iB[ mm 



speed sells computers. Vou can have the 
most user IrJendly mac:hine in the world with 
all the programs you'll ever neBiJ to get the 
most out of your machme. Put ihera are 
some out Ihenj who will drop euerylhing to 
lay their hands on a laster processor 

Chances ere you won't be one ol those - 
you"ue still got the 500 or SOO plus. But for 
rhosB who want lo inject a Oose of adrona- 
bie into Ihe eld liardware, there's no belter 
way than investing In an accelerator card 
While Ihe heady heights ol ihe ^arp 
Eigtne aren't compatible, il is possible to 
'ncrease the speed of a 500 up lo ihe 
fKJwer of a 1 200. 

The M-Tec SB020i cwnas m a black bojt 
Tnai contains the hefty accelerator card, a 
^ngle sheet ol rather ^ad-lookmg inslalla- 
■'on instruct ions and a Oisk with a set ol 
Turtle Tools on i| Again, it's out with IhaT 
screwdriver and laKe iHe top olt Ihe 
ECO-'Ptus. Whip out the rriain processor (Ihq 
icOO) and genily push In the new card, 

EARTH TO M-TEC 

Qeiore sterling on this process, make 
5ure you're 'earthed' properly. The best 
method IS lo Invest In an earth strap that fits 
i"jgly onto the wrist Available from most 
=H5Ciricai stores, rt'Jl slop slatkC from being 
r'jiK up end potentially shorting the chip 
••len you touch i| 

Remember to keep your feel in lha some 
posJinn during Ihe whole process as static 
lar be bulH up there as well and always 
*-a»e sure that the computer is compleleiy 
•jconnecled Finally, rf yeu really are 
j^nain how lo do it, find somgone who 
iws and ask them ia help. 

included as part of this particular card 
aofic IS 4Mb ol SIMM chips that sil In a slot 




on Ihe actual card. This gives you e 
healthy amount ol 
Fasi RAfvl to play 
with. 

While the card 
Is 32- bit and dou- 
bles the speed of 
your machine, don't 
be mistaken mio 
Ihinktng that it's AGA 
- you can add a 
graphics card Ikke the 
Deac 18 to boost your 
picture and animation 
viewing capabi lilies, but il 
3lil| isn't AGA il would 
lake a now motherboard lo 
achieve it and you may as 
well Invest in a 1200 

The card is automatically 
set-up so lhal you have all tho 
improved power al your finger- 
tips If you want lo chock on the 
card's specillcaEions though, the 
disk included has a variety ol programs to 
help make sure It's up and running 
correctly. 

The beat ulilrty is Sys lnto whth gives a 
full breakdown of memory, speed charts, 
operating drive ccniiguralion and a host of 
oplions. The card itself is of a good stan- 
dard and il extra power Is what you're after, 
you can hardly go wrong. Unless lhal is^ 
you're an absolute and uller beginner. 

The only real problem is the rather 
pathetic insl ructions lhal come with the 
hardware - they're |usl not good enough for 
a beginner Th^t aside though, the M-Tec 
6BO2O1 IS a worlhwhile Investment and 
should prove a templing buy to anyone 
feeling the need for speed 



boomt but dont *ap«Dt MVM 



The bottam line 



ProOucl: M-Tec 68020/ 
accelerator card 
Price Standalone £99.95 
W'tli 4Mb extra HAM 
£239.95 
Supplier: Power Conrputir^g 
Tel: 01234 273000 

Ease of use _ 



Implementation 
Value for money. 
Overall 



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APRFJ^ 1995 





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FEATURE 



U5 the 




Up dgainst the hdfshest af 
cnmpetitm ffdam Fh/l/ips repofts 
on mhif the Rmiga is holding its own 
in the film dod anlrndtian industnt 



r 



mnde up al I500 pOlygOlt, 53 illttaevt fd 46 
%fs. it JihP has 24 rr.i<n#« a latl^Utti ^iiaaUor> 
p in its wMddWB to ppb# r>ii> impiaatioa that ti't 




hepperion Sludios. One oT the 
prindpis argana m The WQunded 
animal lhal is ir>B Bnllsri hfm indus- 
iry Recanfly M hll Ihe headlines mX\\ 
Ridley and Tony Scon, ihe British-born 
dynamic direcling duo, rsactimg mro Iheif 
ubsraniial pchckeis and plucking 1h9 her- 
Id9d 3Lui:LiQ& LhBl have produced some 
classic movies irom the claws of (ho bsnlt- 
ThB aiudtu Is raw In rhe tjesl pnsilion for 
a revival ir has bsen in since the early 
elQhdes when 11 owned by Iha Lee 
brolhoTSr 

Walking rhrough Ihe sludkj ItJl, you can 




•a ll vfifnidcfttfs ana ol rA« 
ammaf aif blJIODanfB Ol f Irf 



Amiga Computing 



APRIL I !r"l !=J i:. 



FEATURE 



JniD Kntfal I'** Ivd bur pofl. The 
Imag0 J> mmd' op Iff- uv«i--l 

tapW^rfflv toranta. CtnaOa. Ihw 
tut P4-I ar-a D'":»d «■ Ift* ffFc'".r* 
rD4*lP»*rr Tilt (■"iWnp Su"' 

CP Ihff buJTffJnp dir*Dllr bthiniintm 
publlt: irmnmooftar. Th" ceirpufr 






feel Ihe Tangible buzz of encHement. adran- 
Blin ana long anrisncial hours ibal are Ihe. 
iraaamarks o( any dim sfgdio. A (llmallc vil- 
lage ol proaucllon compames cluMersd 
logelher in a mslling pol ol creBtftritv, cash 
and egos surrouncJad by lowering siagas 
whQte Bcertes from movies have been cap- 
lureO by some oi ihe world's moai 
acciaimed lilm makers. 

Neatled finnly m the comforl thai the Scott 
bioihers have poieniially made a purchase 
ibal coulfl help lurn ihe Bnnah him mdusiry 
round, Ihe Magic Carnera Company can 
IODl( lofWflid lo an even tingbler future flUer 
already producing special elfecls for [ilrriB 
lhal mo5l cinema goers will have seen - 
Capa Fear, Clirinanger and Balman to 

name bui a fem 

Cuirenlly geared as a produdion house 
lof bofti model making, shoolmg, molion 
control, maite paintings, opncals and com- 
pulei graphics crealion lor titm, lelevi^ion 
and commercials, Ihs success of Ihe com- 
pany IS voiy much in evidence with the walls 
o( each of its rooms and ollices adorned 
*ith the poslers of previous prajects 

WhUe Iho company was establialiBd m 
Ihe eady eighties, il has seen a change ol 
management and U's only been in the last 
couple of years thai Ihe computer side has 
BWUHG mm lull action "Rie man respunsible 



From p^normMte mhott 
lo rlQU-iip» -I Oim 
ncllea. r:Dr>V>rl«Hp 

Mr* laUiag o-w lH» 
mamalal «Hpc<« 



HaHer ■>!• mmounl ol 
Uftil" paklim rnun 
vmriv" pJH" An ifim 
liul} of rh> piMtc 
tmfmporXwr - W» 
lali*n ' fiwilh to 
cfHra rn# in*' 




for running the compuler graphics deparl- 
ment, which has an aslimatod worth one 
million pounds, iS Alan Marques Undsr his 
wing IS a leam o' five people, ihrae of 
whom ate wortiing at the momonl on Gerry 
Anderson's Space Precihcl using SlUcon 
Graphics workslatlons, and Alan and Evan 
OaviBS are worVing on CyberJack using 
Amigas and Lighlwave. 

Marques started raallsing Ihe polenllal ol 
compulBr graphics in 1903 when, in his own 
words, he "came out of film and TV college 
and wandered Inla computer graphics pur- 
ely by accident." Unlike today, where there 
Is support lor 3D artists in the Innn of mag- 
azines, videos and seminars. Marguos had 
to leach himsell the basic principles, focus- 
ing his lime on programming and producing 
wiTeframe graphics - powedul, aflordable 
kit waen't an option In those days, "li s only 
recently thai you've been able lo walh 
round with a large cheque saying, I II have 
thai and I'll have ihatasweH" 

Afler spending nine yaars working m the 
Wesl End on various commercials. 
Marquee and hrs extensive underslandmg 
of compuler graphics were employed lo 
build up the raiher haalihy compuler suites 
at the Magic Camera Company, 

SPACE ON EARTH 

Al present the finn Is using Vuo sludios 
tor Its work on Space Precinct, where mod- 
els of ships and vast cilyscapBS hava been 
consituctfld TO racreaie Ihe bleak future ol 
□emeler City, Housed In the offices is a 
compuiar setup that would send most 
SDphllfls into embarrassing spasms or 
ei-ciiement on Ihe cutting room Poor. Seven 
SGIs with various software licenses make 
up Ihe mainstay ol Ihe company's hard- 
ware, but in a separale oMIce across a hail 
sil three Amigas at Ihe culling edge ol film 
special effects. 

The lilm Ihai's currenliy receiving the 
Amiga ireatmeni is CyberJaok, a 
Canadian S2 million sci-fi ihnller, 
S&l in tha lulure, 11 tolls Ihe 
story ol 0 renegade cop tak- 
ing on lerrensts Who are 
inlenl ol ridding the world 
of computers by using a 
virus With the live action 
eiready m the can 
Ihe Amiga and Lighi 
wave are being used lu 
add the post -product ion 
special effecfs under the 
supervision o' Angua 
Bickerlon, the Visur, 
Ef Feels Supen/isor. 

r^lKing live action In Ihe 
shape ol a model cilyscape 
and computer graphics, ihe mam 
task ol any 3D animalor on a project 



worh on Ihe InlroductJon scene. Set over 
several shols. Ihe Iniro consista of a 
Skybua - a luiunsllc flying bus designed by 
Davies thai has 15000 polygons. 53 sur- 
faces and 4S lights on it - heading towards 
a futunaiic city and then beginning lo lose 
control ea the lairorist virus kicks m The 
airborne public Iranaporlflt linaity 

ends Its flighi by nose-diving in to 

!^ruo[o^'^ ' ^ 1^ ^""f ^ skyscraper, killing 
Qti Ihe passengers. 

One of the most impres 
sive aholsis the skybus Hy- 
ing only a lew feet above a 
■, crowded street as il almg- 
'i gies to gain control, min- 
ing live action of Ihu 
-,ireel model and the 
Amiga-rendered skybus 
To produce &uch a con- 
vincing end piece has 
laken a month ol work 
Belorfl any graphics 
could be plotted ihe aai lor 
Ihe street had fo he built, and 
ihen using a moiion control cam- 
era a shot was filmed as il following 
Buch a. this IS 10 make sure t^. m--. HUu^u.ut- (he imaginary crak through 

7k, ^ f,.. „__,u,p, ,(j-»,..WB-ii«rwd>™rio« uiiyacape. This lilm IS 
everything fits togelhar ^ developed, viewed fo S« rt 

seamlessly In a prolession- si.«» Pr«Jnc[ — rfei wnvc^jp^ 




ai's eyes, as soon as a 
viewer realises Ihey're watching compuler 
graphics m alls d over a livB action bach- 
drop, then they have failed. 

When I turned up on their doorslep, 
reargues and his coHaagues were busy al 



Ihe antmalor's inlenlrons Wfl 
work, and then taken lo the scan room In 
ihis black coHin-like room the film Is pro- 
jecled onto a S70,000 liquid cooled chip 
camera lo produce a 2,000 pixel resolution 
series of frames thai are downloaded onlo 



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256 meg SlMcon Graphics Indigo 
machine. 

Bscau^e of MsrquFis sliiunch beJisI in 
'eiwcT^mg, itie fl|s3 are ^ved a 1 G ^iQa- 
hiard drive w^ers all Ihe compulera In 
I'ke Magic Camera Companv Balup can 
Hte&s Iham vta Elhernel. 

Once tho film ha^ been digiraflv scanned. 
Tie shybu& ecu id begin to be applied. The 
?.^5t problem, before any p lolling Ihe 
oojecl's course through the liue action could 
M sladed, was how well Iho highly polished 



graphics rn Pie loreground fillad In with the 
background of Ihe Tilm. The or>B thing you 
have to do f ilh compulBF graphica is put 
gram on them. When II comes oul ot a 
machine fhg image jb very sharp and very 
clean. Film isn'l like lhal, il's grainy so you 
have lo pul tha( over Ihe computer graph^ 
ICS II you don'l il shows up lil^e a sore 
Ihumb - 

When Ihfl akybua was rendered ai 204S 
pixels, Ihe same resolution as Ihe back- 
ground, the Ime^ was loo sharp So il was 




dont 
aplirBcistG 
M m liau? Id ih to gtt 
tttE^mti tD 

iQohfBal 

A!iin Marques an one cl 
Ihs bugbesrs of be'ng a 
proless'onBt animafor 




IhB [utting Bdgg 



Wrfh Ihe latest in graphic engines only a lew sCeps away 
Kross the Special oHico, i may see^i slrange lo use 
tne Amiga which is a Trfth at ihe pnce and, ai the end of 
Bie day, dossn't ha^e the same image in the mduslry's 
eyes as SGIs Marques filled mc in: "When we came lo 
"^t^ tab we went through three software packages belcre 
&*ding up using the Amiga. Wg started of! liyng lo do rl 
or Wflvefront, one o1 Ihe bng Silicon Graphics rendanng 
packages 1^40,000 wodh) bul when it came lo doing 
cyber Jack, we jiisl couttn't gal a real look our of it." 

White Marques enlhuses about the merlls ol SGis lor 
cning glossy objects such as cars, when it comes to that 
grungy. well-used look, ihe e]i pensive system would 
appear not lo be able lo cut Ihe musEard due lo its lack ol 
appropnate rendering capatiiliEies. 

Maitrues and the team then moved onto another pach- 
age lo see if 'I wouJd yietd betlpr results. "We Ihen tned 
Ekploie whk:h has an oulslanding renderer hul. unforlu- 
naiely. Ihe tnlerface is rust ridicutous - It's such a 
complex affatr. I spent the weakend on il and pust gave 



up " Next up was a Canadian package he used dunng 
his days m Ihe West End, and Is an e^icellent remJarer 
too Again, there was anotiorhitdi "It worked beauliTulIy 
on Ihe rendering side bul Ihe problem was lhal the 3D 
models wouldn't mme out Clean They came in wilh Ijad 
polygons and flipped into Ihe wrong positjon " 

Finally, ha started lo produce test renders on the 
Amiga and knew lhat he could get tha took he needed 
Irom Lighlwave There was a tjnel sfumhling block 
Ihough - al the lime, each frame was taking an hour to 
render which simply wasn't up to speed However, 
Marques had heard through John AlEardice al Team t7 
about the Raplor Plus. Iho accBterator animal Irom 
Deakslalion Technology jn [hg US, and won! along lo the 
World 01 Arniga Show Lasi year Being pad ol a financial- 
tv successful company wilh deep pockets, he was able 
lo buy on? on Ihe day Br>d take it home lhat evenrng. 

With Ihe rendenng iime^ down lo four minutes a 
Irame, Ihe Amiga was chosen to produce Ihe special 
ellecls. 



decided to lender the □p^ecl al hall lhal res- 
olution and blow the finished result up to 
2D48 piJtels. Thl&, in turn, sollened Ihe 
Image and reduced renderings trmes dra- 
malically as well. A very mild soft filler was 
Ihen run on it and look the edge oH even 
Further Marques then punched a film grain 
onto II using a holdout mafta 

One of Lighlwave's present shortcomings 
also cropped up Jn Ihe process When Ihe 
program creates an Alpha matle It leaves 
one or many ol the lights out A Olack and 
white matte ol lbs Skybus from each frame 
had to be created and then mixed in with 
Ihe colour Image lo produce the fully lit 
object 

REALISTIC EFFECTS 

To round the proceedings ofl, film grain 
noise was added to give that final tint of 
realism The process is a long and some- 
times lorluouH one bul Marques is 
adamant. "People don't appreciate what 
you have lo do to get Ihe thjng lo look real 
We spent three weeks painling tei[Eures for 
that bus - we have lo do thai to gel if right " 

To actually animate the skybus into Ihe 
background they had In overcome another 
hurdle associated wtlh Lightwave Unlike 
Wauefroni where video or animation can be 
played aulomalically into Ihe wirelrame ani- 
rriafion area lo syr>chronise the action 
easily, Lightwave doesn't oHor this feature, 
instead, he's created a macro lor Lightwave 
which Gonveris Ihe film looiage and 



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compresses il down to video resolution. 
This in lufn is DVEd Id iill tha Lrghlwave 
anim arsa and is ihen wrlllen onto the 
PARcard on another Amiga via ihe 
Elhsmel. 

'This all meens wb can play the PARcard 
on one machine which pFays tJlrecLly onto 
Ihe bsckgrDund af Lighlwava^s anim area 
on Ihe oltier via a Gsnlcck.' Said 
Marques. He hopes lhal Lighlwavs A will 
remcue this long-wjnOed procBSB. 

The end results ol composiled Fifm speak 
for thernselVD^ - the Skybus sireahs down 
the streeL the lights ot the cilyscape casK 
the" beams agamsl Ihe dlrly melal of the 



public tranaporier, all culmlnaUng in an 
esplcsion lifted from their evlsnaive library 
Of pyroiechnics. 

The kil required to puii moat ol ihls visual 
glory logelher mainly cons^sls ol two 
Amlgas - one Is a 4000 C4D with a Warp 
Engine, UB megs ol RAM and a goon-[o-be 
eddad iwo gig drive Also included are two 
ElJnemel cards, one of which communicales 
wiLh Ihe Raplor Plus and SnreamBmel, 
^hHe the olher deals with Ihe outside net- 
work connected to SGis and ao on 

The other Amiga, a 15O0, has a GVP 40 
MHz 040 combu card, a t^o gig hard drive, 
18Mb ol RAM, a GVP, Ethernel and Picasso 
cards, a SyQuest dnve and the full PARcard 



kil. Marquea is exirflmely impressed wift 
the lartei. 

Ullimalely, he believes Ihe Amiga has « 
VJlal inle to p^ay In Iheir production procea 
- Ihe machine is consistently being used lo 
create objects dalore Ihey are ported 
acfoss ro the SGIs. "WeJI never gel rid t# 
the Amigas because ihey are very useful - 
they're cheap plallorrris that don't tie up an 
expensive SGI station. I'm slhH a greal 
believer In miired lechnology and lh« 
Amiga is still a very good machine. K'a ihs 
only machine thai mulntasks well lo this 
day I like the fact that vvith l46Mb I can 
have LIghlwavB. AdPro and a pain» 
packags running and Ethernet dome ' 



niu-fTlBdia 



Appearances can be deceptive. On the London A-Z. 
the layout o' Kensal Road suggests that it m^gJii be 
a rundown pari ol the Big Smoke lhal car^ only 
boa^f a sarias of council houses built at some pnlnl 
In the late femes Amvlng there, however, you are 
coni ranted wjlh couner bikes roaring past you lo 
their urgent myalery destinations, and a sizeable 
chunk of production companies, graphic design 
Tin-ns and games houses that musr lorm a fair part of 
LcoElon's media circus. 

Ol one of the llaors of one of Ihe large bUlkJings 
Ihat line either side of the street are the offices ol 
Think, a ground-breaking graphic design firm 
headad by anisi Andrew Sutton which has produced 
some of rna most cntically acclaimed album covers 
m the last ten years lor banus such as Pnmai 
Scream, Spiritualised and Teenage Fan Club 
Across Ihe ofTice m a saparale room, Ihe Mu-Uedia 
suite s^ts with Its Belacam editing suite. tMi copies 
ol Lightwave, two Amigas and a enviable amount ol 
Amiga -specific so It wars and hardware any self 
respsdlng Film and graphics company needs. 

One of the groat untold Amiga success stones, 
the firm was sel up while its iwo launders and now 
managing directors, Kieran Ewans {25) and Tim 
Oavies [2B). Worked at Amblimation, part of Ihe 
Amblin company owned by one Stevan Spneiberg. 
Siv months belcre they decided to leave, Mu-Media 
was set up lo explore tfie moving image makers' 
pailicular inlerests in the industry - mainly music 
videos 

Euans commented: "At Ihe Time, I was into Ihe 
KLF (the new defunct dance groupj and liked lhair 



mad videos wliich showad the bands as myslenous 
Figures^ So we decided to do spoofs on thai kmd ol 
theme In the lorm ol mad little fHrns that leave the 
viewer wilti open-ended queshons." 

While Ihe Two self -Financed Iheir eipenmenlai 
movies, a Iwlsl of tale landed Evans milfi an opportu- 
nity to get m contact with an up-and-coming pop 
group called The Grid AHer wnting to the barHl and 
being gtven VIP treatment ai a concert. Evans was 
sent a nawslaller by ftichard Noms, a member of Uie 
band, inviling him lo |D«n The Gnd network, their Ian 

"At The boltom of Ihe tetlar, we asked if Ihey would 
like to see sonie of the films we'd done. The reply 
v^s yes" explained Evans "We sent Noms a tape 
and he subsequently want oft to Thailand for four 
weeks, then relurr>ed and immediately gave us a call 
sayinq he warned us lo do Hie Grid live show.~ 

CHART-TOPPING 

For iha show. Evans and Davies used two Ami^ 
500s and a Panasonic mining desJ* to aid Ihe band's 
aural ai^erience. with a vtsuaf sfde le match Since 
then. The Gnd has slormed the charls and ^^^t- 
Uedia have permanently become ine band's pop 
promo makers. 

With fheir loot m the door, more [Ob offers began 
lo coma In and. aKer shooting a video tor The Grid's 
Tehas Cowboys'. Mu-Media were approached by 
RCA records. The men in suils were holding a con- 
larence and wanted an interactive edge lo the pro- 
ceedings lo help convey !□ their markeling people 
into afioul RCA's stable ol bands "We told them that 



we couldn't do it unless Ihey bought us a computer 
which they subsequently did." That computer waa 
lhair 'grandaddy' mac^lne , an Amiga 4000/040. 

"Wb had a load oF televisions set up and lhare 
was two and half hours worth of information such as 
pictures, animatkons and so on which are all con- 
trolled via Scala and AdPro" said Evans, They also 
directed a video for i^CA which was intended to be 
Ihe mam focus cl the conlerence 

Their successlut nse m the pop promo scene has 
continued, workfng for bands and DJs such as Paul 
Oakenfold, Lionrock, Sasha and f^r Roy. and f^u- 
Media's hardware list has swelled into a enviable 
collection. With another Amiga 4000/040, each 
machine Is lifted with a DPS Personal Animation 
Recorder, a Wasp engine. Lightwave, Scala, AdPro 
and other familiar high-calibfe packages. 

The results of their computer-slanted work Is obvi- 
ous. The Grid's 'Swamp Thing', whrch reached No.3 
in the Chans, featured large ammaled sections ren- 
dered m Imagine (before Lightwave became avail- 
able] and subsequent videos now use NewTek's 
software, whara the viewer shoots along a roller- 
coaster, and a lens flared sherirf's badge spins 
abslracUy m The Gnd's Texas Cowboys ' 

The reasons for using the Amiga are numerous. 
The most immadiate response is that the machine Is 
highly cost effecEive - you can obtahn pro'esslonal 
results at a fraction of the price you would pay for the 
likes of a Silicon Graphics rrtachme Aa well as tech- 
nically being a hkjh calibre computer, Evan^ seefi 
hardware such as Ihe PARcard as a creative tod. 

"It can be used as a vkleo scraicher much m the 




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Insider opinion 

Wlih Ihe Amlgdi playing stich □ viTnf eoId in fkim and 
video produclfons. even after months of ^anhruplcv- 
ir Amiga inlBrnallofial do achieve success, what do 
Ihe people tKhtnd llie scenes wani lo seel 

"I'd like to Ifjmk that Ihore is a Itilure lor Wie Amiga 
and II Itiey gel ihis RISC mKhme going, it could Op 
one tiBil of a machine io have because the next big 



thing has to be desktop video dnd [public accessj 
CBtle. It's already happened in America with the 
Toaster and lhat culture will come over here whicl> is 
potenhally very exciting. People aren t going la 
spend thousands and thousands ol pounds an a 
machine tKcause their production costs are going to 
Ik so tight Ihoy need a cost eflaclive machine that 
can da 'l The nenl geiieiation Amiga could tie Ihal 
machine... tliey need to gat s machine out this year 
though or they'll be dead." 

Kleran Evans, Mu-Media. 



3aOigrr>uiid Ip^ka all bI the same rime." 
And the compalilion'' 'Franiity, I woiild 
to do thai un s PC ur a Wac bul the 
ifiswer IS that you're not going to see li 
^tcause rhev're just noi up Lo li." 

AMIGA-SPECIFIC 

4s well as CyberJach. you'fl also be able 
\i see some ol ihe Amiga's work in Space 
^■ecinct, Where Lightwave u^ la creaie 
ens flare, laser bsama and olhar spol 
tfflcls such as missfles For those who 
-ant lo see sDmQ of Ihe Amir's pasi work, 

tracking ctown Ihe opening lo Iho ill-laled 
ma ralher rank TV ShOW. Scavengers - Ihis 
-as been puNed aflar only one aer^s arul 



ono serious amount ol money. A^ v^^" 
see and read, whiEe llquidaiors pisy corpo- 
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tVhOe nal ■cfiiaUf rfffiJgnlnp lie lego. 
UnUji wan HlJlffd ta DI*Br> «■ Inlio tot a OT 
rid«0. B m c Mt n m ol OVw H^rcm guarding ol (Twb 
lo^o. IMtt^HadtM won ofOy allowed lo ahow Ihm 
It/go Jn U" final BManrf at Iho iJwI. 
Sutiam^ m nlly. ihm aofon bevif "■■■4* llw 



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^me way a DJ scralches vinyl to produce a score. 
Before the PARcard arrived, Ihjs had lo be dona on 
riuge video machines - Ihe PARcard makes this 
much more simple and mhjillvB With ils controls' 
commented Evans. 

Like Alan ^^arques at Ihe Magic Camera 
Company, they're atso Impressed will* the Amiga's 
muHi-lasklng' ^fl's encellenl tha way il can launch 
live different programs at one time - design on 
Deluxe Pain I, bump il into Imagine, create a 3D 
Dbject, bump that into Ughiwave and then animate 

PURE AMIGA 

Any Ihoughis of moving onto another platform to 
do Their work i& met witl~i a lostiunding negative 
The Amiga does everything me need.. I don'l rale 
[he PC - the amount of add-ona you have lo go 
through is very enpensive. For Instanco. lha Amiga 
comes with sound built-m and is much more user 
rnendly to use anyway Wilh the likes ol CPainl, 
imagine, AdPro and Lightwave, the stuK we're 
doing IE equal to things that people are doing on 
Wacs and willi SGls.' 

On the subjecl of Macs, Evans Is adarr>ant: The 
Mac's three dimensional programs are each.' 

The company doesn't Delkeve m constantly 
upgrading Ihe machinerv The philosophy is lo 'use 
antJ abuse' Hie machinery they have already to the 
limits, and Evans knows lhat they're still finding out 
new things aboul the Amiga every weeh - ho reck- 
ons that no one has yet realised the lull pptential ol 
Scara 

As lar as the Amiga's end resuf s. Evans and co. 
ara very happy Apparently, a leading figure m the 
British film induslry was bowled over by what he 
saw the machine do Last month. Mu-Media were 



Interviewed lor French TV and, al the end, Ihey 
were aslied lo say a tew words in French hut aban- 
doned hope when iheir accents proved Eo be unin- 
telligible Instead, they created a Lightwave anjma- 
iKm in live minutes and the French cram s jaw^ feJl 
fimily to the ground at Ihe time the whole process 
loo«^. 

l-le Is very keen lo point out. though, thai they're 
not lust 0 graphrcs company but a full-blown pro- 
duction house which offer a wide range ol lacililiea, 
wilh Kieran as the director and Tim as the 3D 
expert. Their work includes logos lor corporations 
such as Bhiish Telecom, and €vans and Davies 
have major plans for the luture. At present Ihe/'re 
working with The Gnd, Zion Tram and possibly Uie 
An 01 Noise to produce CD-ROMs boaslfng 3D 
graphics, band inlonnalh]n and more 

Liltenng iheir officH walls are storyboaitls for sev- 
eral other pmjacts as well Nick antj The Gtimmung 
IS a children's slory wnHen by Philip K DicK which 
Evans lound while huniing through shelves m a 
local bookstore The story appealed lo him and. 
after consullalhon wilh Richard WlUfams (Ihe man 
responsible Inr animahng Who Framed Hoger 
f/flCD^n, l^e was encouraged to gel some slory- 
boards done and a scnpl together Since that time, 
several TV and film companies have become inter- 
ested in the idea and negolieiiDns aro under way to 
develop the story Into either a lealure Mm or TV 
senes 

There are also plans to produce a 4ii-miniJte 3D 
video using Lightwave and a Grid soundtrack. "It's 
nol Nke Ihe usual movrng wallpaper. It's not sin;pty 
going fo be e>!cerpis irom the bast In 3D graphics - 
we've actually goi a story behind H based in space 
and round new lechnologies ' commenled Evans, 
-fl'll Stan wilh a 10-minule live miTo lo sel the story 



lha real world continues lo show Ihe Amhga 
IS slill, and will be for sometime, an mvalu- 
atjle tool for professionBlB across Ihe worid 




lalatactlva 
ml Mu-Medim'm Inl 



and then the computer starts lo Inp. Thai's all I can 

say " 

One of their most exciting projeds sfll for Apnl ie, 
an heur-king live show for a French TV channel lhai 
produces a six hour rave programme every 
Saturday night The audience figures are well over 
a million and iho two Amiga AOOds ate being used 
lo prtKfuce 'acid head'-slyle animafion. 

Uhimalely. f^u-li^edia and their generous neigh- 
bours. Thjnk Designs who gave ihe Ihan budding 
production company olfice space lor free, plan id 
join logelheral some point in the near future to form 
a company that is known lor the momenl as simply 
A To all the parties involved the line between 
different forms ol media is becoming more 
blurred as graphic designers, computer software 
producers and video companies begin lo work 
logelher more and mora to create true multiple 
media prajects 

COLLABORATION 

An eicampie ol this is the Zion Train pop video 
which combines text anrmaled in Lightwave, 
graphic-designed interlaces dnd framing created on 
a Macintosh The Iwo companies Jiava already col- 
laborated on album and single covers such as The 
Grid's 'Evotver,' where a frame ol the Lightwave- 
produced rollercoasler seguence was grabbed with 
Ihe PARcard and downloaded fo a Mao From there 
it was altered and manipulated into a cover design 
for the band's Rollercoaster single 

Wilh Ihrs forward thinking attitude to the future, 
and a company thai is Irteralty bursting with ideas, 
projects and productions, whatever happens lo iha 
company's name, I predict we'll be heanng more 
about Evans, Davies and Sulton's work And Iho 
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nolables or on-fine resources you need. 

For evamplB, an Impressive collection ol 
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■erences and can be mailed directly lor all 
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SEHING UP 

Sa wt^ere does AutoPHat lit inio the equa- 
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Compuserve Inlormgdon Manager 
Unlortunat&ly an Amiga CIW <ias never 
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Sieve Alhstrom came to the thscus and 
now soils AuloPilot on-line lo anyone 
running a Compuserve account 

The aclual buying or regislralion of AP is 
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In a day or iwo a special e-mail mossage 
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Obviously, Ihe lemptallon wilh mosi 
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click interlace which olten, and perhaps 
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line and eating up cash. 

AP, on Ibe olher hand, concentrates on 
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the package is more akin to a lully automa- 
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up screen, all lhai remains Is to make lew 
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Initially you're provided with Ihe hasic 
Amiga lorum selections, which can of 
course be added to as your Inierests diver- 
sify Each IS spilt into four mam button 
banks, plus two reminder butlons which 
become active if you have unread marl or 
actions pending. So a typical session might 
consist of selecting 'gel CmaLl', to retrieve 
any personal marl you may have received 
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i ve nolted over lbs last tevt monHis lhat fldvsnlsementB In certain compulHf 
magazines Tor pomographJc CDs tiawe become veiy apparent. I find IhkS sleacfy 
incr^B&e rather m]rryir>g. While dabble with Ibe very latesl m lechnoki^y 
and soflwara, d ftouid appear lhat many people are stmply interesled m usinfl ft 
10 view rtaked wpmen. 

Kavt. i am nol adverse to Ihs female lorm bul feel Ibis hind e]iplDllab[>n i£ 
pit\ a llnle bard Lo swalkM. Another ralher disturbing 'pberomena' is Ihe so-called Informalion 
Highway This would appear lo be yel anclher chance lor 'pomophtles' \o Suit \h9 cybenjvave 
and gel yet more pom. 

1 must say I am glad you hBven'l accepted any advertising from these less reputable CD 
suppliers and have treated the likes of Cybersex wrth malurily and responsibility I know lhat 
sen sells everylhtng, look al your local newsagenl's shelves and nearty every magazine wll 
have 'Self', or words associated with ihig particular aclivily, pla&lered on it somewhere - 
Empire, Sky, Loaded, Cogmopoliian and so on neahy always have some smi;tly reference 

Lai's hope Itie ma)orily ol compulei magazhnes can keep away 'ram Ihis kind ol material and 
^ on witb Ihe job rn hand - thai ot providing ua tsaders with an inlonnalivB read. Keep up the 

JattiBs RaOdttie. Surrey 

Well hrslly, lhanhs for the vela of confidence ^hen it comes lo our stand on pom. 
Unforlunaloty, I don't really think your confidence Is entirely justifftd. 

ir you take a close look al some ol the CD coHecliona on otter In Ihe mag I thtnk you'll 
discover at least one or iwo examples of what couJd be described as soft porn. 
However, the vasi majority are what are commonly known as swImsuM collections. 
Admittedly, aven this kind of malenal is still ejiploltalion. If pertwpa no wot» than the 
Btf arts of Ihe Sun, Star and Sporl. 

Otjviously I agree that pom in computer publlcallons should be mofillored closely, 
out il's nevertheless very difficult lo Justify censoring this kind of material wtiicb is so 
widely available elsewhere. 

However, let's not gel too high and mighty, Tha truth is that many man, both young 
and old, en^oy a glimpse of a bit of naked ftesh once 4n a whiie. Furthermore, this alTua- 
aon Isn't purely a male preoccupation. Over the years ttie Amiga Campultng offices 
uve seen Ms fair share of computer pom featuring both male and females, and believe 
Kfl, milwdy looks cioser or laughs louder than tt^e lAdlee In the office. 

This perhaps points to the main difference between the sexes whan it comas to 
pornography. Women on The whole see male pom as a joke rather than a true tum-on, 
Uer> and boys, unfortunately, are far more suggestible and It's bare thai a ctegree of 
mtraint is called for, 

rm by no maans endorsing wholesala cansorshlp, which If taken to Bxtremas can be 
■at more damaging than soft porn, bul I do agrae thai the severKy of material on CD 
tUes should be monitored. Having said that, I think your concern about the intemel is 
quite valid. Thanks to the knee-jerk reaolions of the media, many have baan left with the 
dea thai computers are a problem. In fact that's not the case. The real probiem are 
TKJse wbo are exploiting the befHfits of the global vlliage and In turn The young. A popu- 
W misconception la ThaT children across tha country are logglng-on lo the first bulletin 
tiOBrd Ihey come across and downloading porn 

This particular theory has a number ol basic flaws. After all, how many children have 
J modem, an independanlly financed pborw lirw - that their parents know nothing about 
- or indeed the hard cash required lo gain access to the few hard-core foreign BBSs? 
The simple answer, few if any. 

The real monitoring should be aimed Towards those Individuals who are kraporling 
fuch matehal as a business and then selling it on at profit to young and old alike. Ttie 
vkQst Immediate enemy ara the hard-core not the CD bikini brigade. 

H f9LiJ points oF uieiu 



^1 I |usl had fo wnle in reference to The 
S^r Letter m issue G2 (January 'S5] No 
"idHer how you looli at It, Soft Logik missed 
Ti^eir launch dale and relaaaed a balf- 
%ishad program 

□espila how good PegeStream 3 is 
^mg fo be, this, m my opinion is no 
eicuse for what lhay released in the first 
>ace If people don't keep complatning 
■Odd release dates - and Soft Loglk really 



look the mickey this time - Ihhs sort of 
thing vjtW continue lo happen. 

Oh yes, and was it Amige Computing 
that once said Jhey don'l review unfinished 
programs, or y^as il some other maga- 
zine' As Mr Atkin said In reply la fhe 
aforemenlkoned letter ~l prefaced my 
review with menilon thalr." 

I read tn your reply lo the same letter 
lhat Amiga Computing has an art editor 




I— 
O 



thai merils the lllle. is fhia iho same per- 
son lhat writes the publishing section? II 
not, how about asking him to give 11 a go7 
f4ol lliai Ben Poinier isn't any good - In 
■act il It wasn't lor him I might nol have 
boughl every Amrga Computing over tha 
lasi goodness knows how many years 

Great mag, and I like the design slyle. 
Hope Commodore Inlernalional/Amigs 
Iniernaiional makes it bach Inio Ihe big 
lima. 

Anyway, leaving PageSlream and art 
edilofs aside, i hear Mial HiQ have a tower 
casing for the AlfCO. How about a review, 
and do you think the Al^OQ is ejfpandable 
enough to warrant buying one? 

Pmt' Graham. Nswaasl!s-upon-Tyns 

Firstly you're perfectly right to com- 
plain about the PageSlream situation. 
However, their cunous approach lo 
customer service Isn't anything to do 
with Amiga CotnpuUng. or Indeed the 
original letter by Denny Athin. 

Denny^B letter was Included simply To 
explain his personal position and fur- 
Ttwr justify the stance taken during the 
article r 

As you mentioned, Amiga Campuling 
has refused, unlike many other maga- 
j^lnes, to review unfinished soft ware r 
This has been and stMl Is the case. If 
you lake a closer look at the 
PageSlream article you'll notice It's 
clearly flagged as a preview and not a 
review - tl-iera's a big difference 
between the two. 

When it comes to your request for a 
publistimg column hosted by our art 
editor, I'm efrald there's no chance. 
Unfortunately uncle Tym will be fully 
tmokHd tor the neitt decade. However, 



Amigd Com puling 



APRIL 1995 



E 



E R S 



In IhB mesnUme I'm sure you'll be In 
safe hands wilh our new wriL«r 
Frank Nurd who has lalten over 
rrom Ben Pointer who, Bfler Three 
worthy years wllh uh, ha^ docl- ' 
ded to retire from Arlling Ihe 
coijmn. 

As tai the HIO tower you 
could be In luck. Al the mameni 
we're waiting for delivery eo 
There could even be a review in 
this Issue, If not. then definilely The 
next. Wpthout ^dually irymg the 
lower Jt's Impossible to comment on 
BpeclftcE. 

However, I understand That unhke the 
allernative lower systems from Power 
Computing and BlUlerSoft, the HIO vari- 
ant doesn't support Zdi7o aiola A fea- 
ture which In my opinion rs by far the 
moat imporlitnt ejipanslon feature for 
anyone looking to upgrade their A1200r 

Blinded \m the light 

Lightwave. Lightwave and mora 
LighCwave. Perhaps your magazine should 
be called Lighlwavs Compuling. I'm geT- 
tlng jusi a liUle miflBd wiEh ihe con$iaiii 
coverage Ehs package la getting in your 
pages 

I use Sculpr 4D ^nd would Ilka 1o see 
some morB cnvBrage ol thus and olher 3D 
software Belween the Ughlwave hype, 
perhaps II would be possible to slip In a 
couple ol tutorials. I know Sculpt AD la 
hardly Ihe cutMng edge but it suits my 
home needs Ideally. 

Also, I'm a IflllQ mysUfled at revlewa of 
hardware costing over E5,000, I'm not 
quite sure wtial Ihe point is in relation to 
myself and fhouaands of olher amateurs 



lUTS [aught out 





usrng the Amiga. Otherwise, your mag 
IS ol a very high standard, dealing 
wuh serious lopica m a way thai 
the likes of Format and Amiga 
Pro can only dream of 

This tellar Isn't a slagging oft 
but I would like to see more 
articles that refsr lo the humble 
home user who, I presume, 
are the mam staple el your 
readarship. 

S. J Hawkins. RotlBrdam 

I gel the atrangeal feeling you're 
not particularly keen on Lightwave. 
I Know thai Lightwave covBrsge may 
not suit every reader, but our job Is lo 
report on the lalesi and best fn the 
Amiga world. 

Whether you l^ke H or not. Llghlvtrava 
Ih one of Ihe hottest items on the mar- 
ket and Ihe degree of aupport for It 
reflectB thai fact. Over sevcraf years of 
computer Journalism I've never 
encountered a pjece of software which 
generetes such fnlereal from third- 
party manufacturers and punters alike. 

Am^ga Computing was the fJr&l 
European magafJna To review Ihe 
packags and has repeatedly been the 
first with the growing band of add-ons. 
We simply reflect Ihe market which, 
like II or not. Is dominated by 
Lightwave. 

Unfortunaleiy. Sculpt at Ihe other 
end of the spectrum. As tar as I'm 
aware It's no longer in production, it 
has no current support and has an 
almost non-eiifalenl user base. Wllh 
ihfll in mfnd, do you really think a two- 
psge article would be belter spent on 
Sculpt rattier than Lightwave^ 

However, to prove Lightwave hasn't 
BnllrBly overtaken the office you'll find 
the second instalment of a 3 P- specific 
AmIgaGulde column In this very Issue. 

Although Lightwave 4a mentioned, 
this new element in the gutde section 
will cater for h|I Ihe Amiga's 3D plat- 
forms, in addition, last monin^s issue 
also hoaated a Cl^ dedicated entirely to 
Imagine. Basically good oid supply 
and demand, h's literally that simpie. 



HotBl [hain 

Wfth all Ihe debate about Ihe future of Ihe 
Amrga going on these days, here is a 
cheerful note. I work for Fort&. who as 
you^re probably aware are a very big hotel 
Cham I'm also involved mtth Ihe Posthousa 
group which have recenlly installed a new 
TV system enlilled Inlelevision 

From Ihis new service you can accesa 
all your raquiremenls on-scraen. such 
as billing, wake-up calls and so on. Bui 
that's r>dt the news. The news is mat the 
system also bcasis a graphrcs channel 
which IS used to display hotel ladiibes artd 
pnTftTolions. 

Guess whal I saw when they came to 
inalall the system Ves you got rt' An Amiga 
4000/030 runnir>g Scale 

Now there are SI Poslhouses in the UK 
and they are all being insialled with the 
same system, each being linked via 
modem lo a central office from which all 
the scnpis are uploaded to ail units. 

However, each holel will also be atjle to 
adapt Ihe softwarQ lo indifde their own lop- 
ics regaling lo that ^ecitic hotel Weh now. 
who's worrlBd I ami 

Midiafft Barkho^nSei. Covsnlry 

Juai when I thought It would nevar hap- 
' pen, a good news slory with the word 
Amiga in it. Although It may be hard lo 
believe, the Amiga is widely used in 
hotels, hospllals, airports and anywhere 
PA Information systems are employed. 
The system you're describing is an 
I advanced derivative of Scale known aa 
I IntoChannel, with the ma|or difference 
, being thai aatelUle systems can be 
I updated from a central control point. 
Un fori una tely, the bad news rs that 
ScHia have now postponed any turther 
; development after the nejd revision, 
namely Scala 400. The reason of course 
Is nothing to do with the machine, bul 
rather Ihe farcical firanclal aerobatics 
of the corporate vultures who appear 
content lo endlessly circle Ihe carcass 
of what was the CBM empire. 



L 



Just a quick nole lo all victims ol WTS Ltd, anif all 
other dubious mail order outfits There is a light at 
(he end of lha tunnel if you persevere with legal 
acUan against them. 

Way back in January ^94 I ordered an SOMb hard 
drive lor my A120a and was promised dalivery with- 
in a week, and like everyone else the order never 
arrived 

Without boring you with all the details, m Apnl I 
Contacted a group of solrclors based in Liverpool 
called SiivertjQck & Ftymer. who agreed lo deal wuh 
my ciarm agatnst WTS llmlled 

This evenlueiiy lad lo a court hearing in Liverpool 
last OctoCter Judgement was giantad In my favour 
ar>d I was advised lasi week by my solicitor that 
WTS Ltd had paid my onginai claim, plus Interest, 
plus court and solicilors costs, and that a cheque 
Would be fonArardeO to me as soon as possible 

i would say that VJTS Ltd don't eitpsd people lo 



pursue a claim against them because Ihis Invariably 
ends up coating more lhan the original asking price 
of the kil In question. 

They knew Irom Ihe start that ttiey didn't have a 
leg to stand on, hut they stilt disputed my claim 
against them, probably thinking I would gat bored 
and drop the aclion against them 

Please prini this tetter, as it may give some peo- 
ple hope, and may assure (hem that il thay perse- 
vere Wllh actron against a mail order company, 
either via the Trading Standards or via a solidlor, 
they will more than ifkely be successful. 

CoSiti Stn<!h, Btrmln^iam 

Ab Mr SmJth mentioned, I only hope this offers 
a glimmer of hope for those presently in litiga- 
tion with a wayward supplier. I also hope this 
puts the final nail In the coffin of Ihe WT& Ltd 
story. HowflvHr. It would be nice to end on a 



positive and hopefif lly useful note. 

If you've been an Ezra regular there's a 
chance Ihe enlire Amiga mailorder community 
will appear as nothing more than a bunch of 
Cowt>oya 

As a result, I'd Itka to ast the record straight 
and hopefully put what Is far from a common 
problem Into perspective. What I'd IJke Is lo pro- 
duce a top ten of Amiga retailers - whether mall 
order or otherwlsOr 

Obviously space Is at a premium, so let's 
keep things simple, Jusi send in a letter with 
your favourite suppliers, each with a score 
ranging betweer> one and ten, five being an 
average/acceptable score for overall service. 

Pkuse mark your iellers 'EZRA Survey' and if 
you have a positive story lo tell, pleaae make ^ 
effort as II could save olhets a lot of hearteche 
and expense in Ihe future- 



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IX monlhs ago, followkng 
CammoiiorB's failure Id produca a 
CD drive ol Iheir own for me A1200, 
The indepartdenl devQlopsrs sEepped irt w^lh 
Ihe Zappo/Overflnve unil This aflordable 
package not anly etiawed A12CK} users to 
itss digital libraries, bul it al&o gavo Ihgm 
access lo CD32 games No wendsr, 
Iheratore. )hal it met vvilh m^lanf auccssa. 

Contidenng these ate XroMlsG times lor 
Ihe Artiige, Ihe growing CD marker has 
proved »^e\1 to he re la lively healthy, with 
nurnerous new products being released on a 
rnonlTily basis ll's perhaps no surprise Then 
lhal sorneone Ihoughi there was room for 
anolher CD dnve id challenge the Zappa's 
monopoly Enter jha iv/in speed SCBl 
wonder Irom Power Compuling. 

To bagin with appearances, ihe drive la 
more modeslly proportioned than some of 
Power's penpherals, but il relams the high 
build quality we ua coma to QKped 1(9 mBlfll- 
lic castng tooks more than sturdy enough lo 
lake iba oifd knock. 

The CD drawer is the same as you'd 
sxpecl en a standard audio player. EhUs 
avoiding the irntalion of messing wllh a 
caddy, while the simple facia features a 
headphone socket, a volume dial and Ihe 



In the pipelinQ 



Power Computing huve devetoppd <in inlernal version of Ihe drke 
for the A4000 Vtrhlch they hope reieese in (he near lulure This 
15 a big slep forward air>E:e Uius far, ihoee ultra-serlojs high-end 
4DD0 users have bean ilDnii-d any racreolional relaxadun with 
C0Z2 tales. 

To out knowledge this iwHI malie II a uniquB product. The price 
is yei to tie finalised, buc Power hopa to hurdle a SCSI contralJer 
card and Ihe drive Eogelber for a siaiiLfiF price lo Ihe AGDU/12C>0 
varslon hare. For (hose virirh paljarco proDlams. if may be Of inter- 
esl ID know lhal Power are releasing a Ouad-Speed dnve toi 
iaaler access sometime In Mid-AprJI. The price is cellar 1209. 




Pawrr'w CD gjv*i yau 

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Poiuer 



For manii manths now ths Sdppo/Ouefdrm has 
been the onlij choke far fflSBO users mhen it tame 
to [B-ffSfH. Haw. Fewer Computing haue unueiled 
a riuaf that can also be used fiSBO owners. 
Gareth iofthouse puts it through its pates 



LED light lo ghve you an idea of whether 
your CD's working or noL 

Turning to Ihe back ol Ihe Power drive, 
there are audio ports thai allow you (□ wire 
Ihe Amiga and CD drive up so that the com- 
puler's S-bir ^ound can be mijied with the 
16'bit sound on the disc The two SO-way 
ports can be used lor either input or ooEpul 

The necessary software has bean ir>olu- 
ded lo set your SCSI device up instalialior 
is wery aimpie. using the standard 
Commodore method, and once Ihe stan-up 
scrrpts aie established Jt^s unlikely you'll 
ever have to modify Ihem 

The Power drive <s a 'Hot Plug' device, 
which means it can ba allached to or 
detached from the compuler harmlessly, 
even when the machine is switched on 'Big 
deal' you may say, but if saves you the 
effort of having lo switch off and reboot 

Like the Zappo, the Power drive nol only 
booE? your standard ISO 9660 disks but i\ 
can also play CD32 htles Ehanhs to tha 
amutafriin software included on the supplied 
'loppy disk 

DETECTION 

An advantage over Ihe othar AE200 drive 
IS that the Power unit automatically detects 
whether you're using a beatable or non- 
bootable dish. Wllh the Zappo you had lo 
hold down the lefl mouse birtton to ratae a 
selectlan menu, here the Power dnve Will 
either run a game or go to the workbench of 
its own accord 

PD software has also been included on 
Ihe disk and is being updated regularly, 
after we received ihe package Ihe soflware 
was ejtpanded onto two disks included is 
an audio player allowing you to play music 
and a PO imitation ol fhe commercial back- 
up looi called OuaterBeck A CD photo- 
f'layar is also available, though prolpably at 
extra charge. 

A malor attraction ol both Ehta drive and 




to ih* fnciudmd miuimlieo aettwmrm 

Ihe Zappc is, of course, that atjiiity to play 
CD32 titles II should be noted that with 
both Ihare are cccaaional cnmpalibility 
problems - particularly if a Ellle uses CD32 



Plug 'n' plaij 



As has already been said, the SCSI 
device comes bundled as pan ol the CD- 
ROM pacKage. l-iowever. Power nrier the 
stand-aioneSquirrel device separately, 
and since Jt allows for much more [han 
the connecllon of a CD drive il merits a 
closer look tn its own right. 

An acronym for SmsM CompuTer 
System Inieifaca. SCSI is a sel of slan- 
dards defining a protocol lor connecting 
diflerenl hardware devices together and 
attaching them lo a computer fitted with a 
suitable SCSI mlerface 

These devices allow you to connect up 
to seven other SCSI penpherals to your 
compuler, whether they be herd diaka. 
DAT drives. CD-ROWa, scanners or 
whatever This is achieved by daisy 
chaining the penpharais together, giving 
each of them a deHnrng idenlity number. 




Amiga Computing 



APRIL 1995 



driuer 



HARDWARE 



Uordkt 





Urn 15 mil niQ[lE5th 
mmtmii than sdide of 
PniiBf's peiiDliBtals, dut it retains W li«ti 
tmild iiaiitii uig'db [qi tu 




na'dware cHracily, or rnahas assumpilons 
about the machine conttgurBtlcn 

A dsrmiEive compan^an o\ v/hich titles 
mom on which machines is rJIfficuH since 11 
-gy vary dspendmg on different machine 
nfigurallons However, having EealBCl 2Q 
lha hd-to-mlBS ralio seemed to he bel- 
"n IhB Power drlva, in taci the only one 
- couldn't get working one way or another 
Lotua Eapril, which la na greal loas m 
opinion 

The package seemed lo have no proD- 
«ins when used with an acceleialor card. 
Wtien tesled with Fasi RAM, however. 0 
5 gnlficant number of liffaa no longer 
wrked pToparly - a problem that wb Siml- 
Ofly experienced wjth Ihe Zappo. Finally, 




Power Computing have made ^ reputation for 
them^lve^ when it cnmas In ofrering gciod 
quality products at eiilrerrety compel itive 
pncos This CD dnvB is yei another procUci 
worthy of acclaim 

Solidly conalrucled and simple to use, lis 
atxIiEy ■□ u£Q bootable and non^boolatila CDs 
immetlfalely puis il on a par wirh ihe 
Zappo/ouerdrlve Power's product goes fur- 
ther, however, in a numtier ol importani ways. 

The soFlware's ahility lo aulorrkalically bool 
C032 lillas IS a clever davalopmenl which 
give& lha system a tidier feol, and lha fact lh>Ql 
IE suppons 'hoi plug' .helps make ihe dnve as 
simpla in use as your average hi-li, vfi^tct\ \s 
good news for everyone 

What hMSts the Power package into anoUier 
league e us e^cepnonal valua tor money Tha 
Zappo la an IDE dnva, whereas lor aboul lha 
sama price Irom Power you get a SCSI dnva 
plus the invaluable SCSI inlerlace - undoubt- 
edly a bargain even ihough there are some 
teething problams with the SCSJ device pack- 
age The CD software has always been 
cheap, and now thia hardware is available al a 
very affonJable pnce wilh SCSI Ihrown m for 
good madsure. 



IhQ battom line 



we come to yel another advantage In 
Power's hands. The Zappo is lor A1200 
users only, whereas this CD-ROM can be 
used by A600 users as well - a lad that 
should help to give Ihe pioduct a well 
deserved boosl m the marhat place- 
Remember, however, lhal the A600 can'L 
play CD3? games. 



Producl: Power CD dnve 
(+ SCSI conlfollef) 
Pnce- £199 
Supplier Power Computing 
Tel: 01234 ^73000 



Ease of use 

Implementation . 
Value for mofwy 
Overall 



_9 
9 
10 

_9 



j<ig SCSI cables to join each unit Up until 

- i point, SCSI oontrolJers haven't 
-.on available lor AeOD/1^CK> users, so 

- simple -loo king mechanism could 
.e quite an Impaci on how you use 

.jr computer. Conneclion is very sjmpip 
B ll plugs dIreclJy it into the PCMtA slot or. 
tie gide of your Amiga, care musi be lahen 
"owever smce the internal pins are 
wemely delicate 

When ll comes to connecting up tho 
Te^pherals, using the interface wllh 

= CD-ROM itsell causes no problems 

" it&oever. Unforlunalely, Ihis la as lar as 
easy ride goes because when il comes 
-:• adOmg further SCSI unils lo the chain, 
~jigs can become a liltle irlckier. 

The SCSI conl roller is supposed to be a 
■ ..3 and'play' device, bul kanhly there's a 

T more involved Hi-so(1 have devoted a 

- T"ual ol over eo pages lo their stahd- 
&<ine Squirrel SCSI devica, a fact alone 
^'^t suggerils the system Isn't as slraighl- 
-:r«flrO as ll mighl sound Power's 




documentalion, by 
companson, is lar loo thm in 
Its present form, and there are some 
Importani gaps, it's vitat, for e:<ampie, Lhat 
each unit connected In Ihe chain has an 
individual ID number, yet ihe manual fails 
[0 explain this issue. Such omissions are a 
problem, wh^ch Power have already 
promised lo put right. 

ITS a shame that whal could be an 
a^captionally useful piece ol eguipirient is 
let down by inadequate documenfatlon. 
The lact is that novices could have prob- 
lems Wllh advanced sat-ups untit 
improvements are made m Ihis area. 




Fortunately, the product la stiif being 
finalised lor release as we speah. Wilh 
the most importani addition being an all- 
important HD-Toolbo" utility, which 
should greatly simplyfy the addition of 
more devices. If Power can overcome 
this small bul important problem they'll 
be on lo a real winner. 



Ihe battam line 



Product: Power SOS! device 
Supplier: Power Computing 
Tel: 01234 273000 
Pnce: £59.95 



Ease of use 

Implementation _ 
Value for money. 
Overall 



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JiMEga Campultng 



APRIL 1995 

1 



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Fublishefs hnow the 
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Uaretb lofthouse and 
Rdam Phiilips select titles 
morthii of a place on mc 
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finh over 30 millton utitrs and eriDu^h 
iDTums artd obscure names Id Fill an ency- 
dopaedla, a sigh of reliel and favlnariDn \5 
Drealhsd when llie Inlerngl Golden 
Oifeclary lands an one's desk uvilh a 
tesounding [hump Like Ihe Yellow Pages, 
tieexCHirHnt lome [ai2 pages in all) lists a 
■nale senes of topics and where lo find 
rvrr, giving their Net addresses. 

There are 5,000 areas Id cruise round, 
CDvering a vasi array of loplos ar>d subjecls 
laf nearly any jnlerBar. Cornpulers, pcliliCa, 
^rriancD. drama, dru^ and home mainte- 
nance ere \u5\ a small sample Of the 
^^erse subjects olTered. 

LaJd out alphabetically with claar lislinga 



arul an indeN, even the abaolula newcomer 
will soon be sinking thaif NbI -virgin leelh 
into the luicy olferlngB available al the mere 
clicking of a few keys 

Liberally spnnkled thraughoul the book 
ere vanous humorous ads and encerpts 
from ctir>vBr5allon5 or glqnes held on Ihe 
Nel. They can make ir^re re sling reading 
^hile looking at all the foruma on offer. 

For the beginner, geflmg around The 
iniemel 'isell will requjre either a great deal 
□f paliencs or en InvastmenI in a releience- 
cum-lutofiaf book Despite this, the direcT- 
□ ry does give Its own brief analysis of 
Usenet and how to access newsgroups that 
conlam large stockpiles of Information, pic- 
lures arid sounds 

At rt's hard to fault sucti an excel- 

lent relerence book Wllh lis sjmpJe, easy- 
to- read stylo, the Internet Golden Direclory 
tseccnd edition) is an essential buy Tor any 
so-called cybersurfer. If you're buying a 
modem, ihey should provide thrs book witht 
each unit sold as standard 




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Relerence guides like Ihe Golden 
□iraclory are well worth having, but There's 
usually a bias lowards US sites which tiie 
author o1 this booit has tried lo redress. 
Congaquanfly, there's mora discussion of 
UK services like Demon and CIX lhan 
you'll find elsewhere. 

El's good to see Ihe book provides for 
The Ami^ as well as the PC artd Mac, and 
the coverage devoled To the difraror>t UK 
providers is very handy indeed OUienAisG 
There's Ihe standan^ brand of Lnfonnabon 
covenng Tools, resources and services, 
pluE an mtaresling discussion cl soma ol 
Ihe pmbtams behind Ihe hype Surrounding 
Ihe inTernel The author also looks al 
what's happening in Amanca as a pointer 
lo lulure deveiopments m The UK 

A minor complaint would be that it costs 
almost as much as the usual Nel books, 
tjul owing ID Itie smaller range of TaciliEies 
in the UK it is refativefy slim in content. 
Despite This. It's well wo<th ^ took lor any- 
one fed up ol heanng aboul Ihe topic from 
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The InFormatton 
SupQrhighiuaq 



The lilhDiB Internet 



Call i| The mlormalion supsitiighrtay. Ihe 
inlobahn, Iha Inlop-ka or the inlormaHon net- 
woH(, one Thing is dear Technological inno 
vallon is opemrtg Ihe door lo a new eta In 
Corrnnunicalioa and InloracUvity. 

ThH flulhor, Pelei OUb, ha^ opied la Take 
lha big Vnw. and i rnsarf Ihe vsry big view, ol 
whal the mtormaTion Buperlrghway means- 
Nalurglly the book discusser Hie inteirial, bul 
[he subiecl is placed m a wider conlefl i^hldi 
hndutiBS interacnvB TV, cable and educatio- 
nal simulalora 

Bsglnning wlh an eifplanalion what i^ 
aclually meanl by ihe 
term mlofmalion super- 
highway [(S), (he booi< 
proceeds 10 analyse why 
we rtaed il, whal |I wilf do 
and how <i's being huili 
OtlQ Takes a lonk at The 
maiar players, each ot 
whom has a diHetenT per 
BpeclivB on whal ihe IS 
acTually is and where ft 
should be heading 
Microsoft's Bill Gales, lor 
axample, is keen TO move 
fn on the IS Tiv introduc- 
ing the lypp el user- 
tnendly ^crfrware that lias 
been Iho company's ^ 
[rademarh. 

GovommenT badios, on Ihe oTher harid. 
have a wider vision. US Vice President Al 
Gore, m paflicular. has showri a high level ot 
mlaresl t>y promoting a laclinology infra- 
sinicfure Thai could give sdioolchildrHn and 
business prolessiunals unproofldanTed com- 
peTiTive advanTages in tlie global markel- 
place. 

UntoflunaTBly, such inleresting sections of 
Ihe boDk are mlerspersed with olher rnalerial 
Uial seams lo have been included more Un 
padding rather than ralevance I am scepli- 
cal aboul Ihe Importance ol homa cinema m 
Ihe IS rpvolunon, while a descnptlon of lha 
bflSic components al a desklop compulef 
{i.B monitor, CPU, keytjoard) is surely 
unnecessary lor anyone likely lo read This 
booh. 

Overall, bowaver, lis an InlB'esling book 
lo dip iniD wiTh some valuable insights on 
what la undoubtedly a new lechnological 
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On trie nip aids lo the 'Isn't the Nel waoky 
and fun' type ol book, we have the lomes 
which aiiempt lo introduce Tsadars lo lha 
vasi resources oi senous mlonnalion that 
Itie infernal can ofler Aimed al prolession- 
als and business people. The Whole 
Inlemat falls inTo the tatlar calegory. 

The lay-oul and slyla ol ihe book la 
Instanlly appealing, ^uplanatlons are made 
in a no-nonsense manner, wilh essenlial 
information being highlighied by bullet 
points, and diagrams and on-screan e>iarrT- 
pies are used To reinlorce The reader's 
undersianding. 

Of Ihe books on reviBWn Ihs ha5 Tbe most 
delmilive approach for the reader who 
wants 10 use Ihe Nel to lis full polenlral. 
Following a non-lechy inlroducllon lo how 
the Inlemat works, there's malenal on gal- 
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In addition, ihe 
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where lo go on il. ThiB 
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Its approach 

Uafheted jusoliaUy 
as a bible lor Ihe 
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refllly want to get 
down 10 bra^ lachs 
ihen The Whole 
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recommended. 



IntBrnet Rfter Hours 




The rial can be a wary sombre, senous pi act 
find yourself A place populated by eggheaciL 
posting Ibeir papers, where weighty issues a'P 

discussed and theses are advanced. A piaca iu 

I '* be avoided unless work abaoluiely demandE you 
lUmilFT MI ^>nvolved. 

HHI PV MF I PW Believe it or not, however, there are some 

in I ^nivN i pfl strange and interasung localions out There il you 

irrcii urtiiDf ^"^'^ ^° ^"^^ ^^^^ ^"'"^ "^^ 

ArltK nVllKv written TO point lis readers in lha nghT direclion 

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'T^inl™^'!:^' raadabfe style with cantents that should interest 

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^ esseni^ls ol how lo gel started on the search lor 

- . the weird and wonderful are there if necessary. 

1,^ ""CZ—"^ Wfc and though Ihe guide Is In a lighl vein, there's 

IH pienly of step -by- step screenshots lo guide 

readers on tlioir way 

Technolngioal limllaiiDns mean that games cr\ 
the hiel have to be ralhet basic m lha graphics 
departmenl. However, chapters on MUD and NEWTftEK miroduce you To The 
unique pleasures of multi-player gaming In 
cybarspacs. 

It's a book which has dalltiBrately included 
Inlormalion about some of Ihe more nsqufl 
areas of ihe Net, such as the sex news- 
groups Among [he Innocent alull thero s 
lopic areas like bestialilVi so the easily 
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More inlonriative than a plain directory, 
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When a subject like ihe inlamef gels w much hype, 
only natural if ansrpn&lng p^Ls Fry !□ maliQ a 
^icK buck DUE ol 41 Congralulaliona lo ZD prssa, 
Tien, lor producing Cash-kn Product ol Ihie Monih ^ 

Leam J-iDW [Q 'lalk tFis talk of Ihs on-lins revolu- 
■jyi says ihe covBf, de&gned lo lood hke a cheery 
;firase book lor cyber-spesk II Ihl;; i& whal the on- 
n(? ravolulion Is aboul, I for one am bailhng oul now 

The so-celled language of [he Net lakes the form ol ellher rwee acronyrr^a or the iniiarin- 
y i named enipficon?. For example, ("=) msa/is an older smiley listening lo Walkman radio 

If you carne across someone on-line who 
Ihlnhs this sort ol thing is eilJier uasfEEl or amus- 
ing, surely common sense would have you 
Fiifling Ehe quil hey with a Irghtemng ralleii 
action, 

II may aound fike I'm sElcktng Ihe booE in on 
what IS obviously intended as a no n -serious 
book for Ihe interr>at. But Ihe irouble 4£ lhal thia 
light-hearted, m^ubstanlial piece of nonsense 
WIN sel you back E!G - the same pries, \r\ fact, 
as your Hvarego novel. Somahow I don'l think 
It's wodh It 




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HoiiJ thQ Internet lUorhs 



A sirange one, Ihls- llluslraTed irom tron( 
10 back wllh colourful pictures and 
diagraniE, II looks more like a human 
braJogy book lor children than a be-all, 
cnd-Bll guide the Ncl, 

ThD hook cover says K will show Ihe 
on-line phenomenon as seen Irom 
CyliErspacB. This claim, ol course, Is 
meaningless; whal we actually gel Is a 
guMe thai attempla lo cover Ihe subject 
from every angle, Irom bow lha IranalBr 
pFOlocols work lo (he lulufe of ihe 
kirormarion highway. 

Un1orTur>a1ely. this means that some ol 
the loplcs are covered ralher superb icia- 
iy. The Ihrea pages on WWW mighl fill a 
irBflder In on wtrat II ta. bul II is not 
enough lo make me confidenl aboul 
uwog n. 

Diagrams can make inform a Hon easier 
absorb, bul Ihey should be used dla- 
jcVnlngly Soma bere are unhelplLrl, and 
rou gel the feeling iJ-key were included for 
colour ralher Ihan lo Inloim. I suapecl Ihe 
problem is Ihat Ihls book rs part of a 
urbes, and the internet doesn'l lend Hself 
Id ihis lype ol approach very easily. 
Whars more, the authors seem unclear 
about wbal Ihe bouk'a alms ara and who 
4 s aimed al- 

For instance, Ihe cartoon charactara 
•nd lha tact thai picture content out- 
,«elghB text could give the book an 



inslam appeal lo 
children, 
Unforlunately . 
most would 
quickly become 
disheartened as 
Ihey struggled 
through eitplB na- 
tions of Telnet or Medline. On the other 
hand It doesn't seem quite right for Ihq 
adult seeking an Introduction. Advice like 
"Flame wars are a waste of resources, 
and only result in hurt feelings, " is lypii^Sl 
ol an oddly patronising approach, 

ll'a good lo see a book on the topia 
with a bright and cheerful appearance, 
especially atler ploughing Ihrough (he 
grey listings of Ihe averaga Nel direclory. 
I can'l help feeling, however Ibal the idea 
would have worked lietEer if the aufhora 
hadn't sought to tirke so much on beard r 





The likes of the Golden Oireclory are all very 
well but tsarning how to find your way round 
the monster network from cytmspace can be 
a tad daunting for the newcomer The ideal 
solution IS lo splash oul on a reference book 
thai can lake you by Ihe hand and lead you 
through tha workings of Ihe net internet 
Basics IS une auch book 

As pointed oul by many a seasonad cyber 
pro, don't eipecl lo leap in there and start 
accessir>g lha White Hoube classifiecr Tiles on 
your home campulei' slraighl awayl Bul wtile 
the firsi sjght of the book may have you pray- 
ing for the day when evejyihkng is icon driven 
{ii will happen, don'l worry), iniDai misgivings 
can bB dec^live 

Jnlernel Basics takes you 
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^ A& a relative newcamar lo Ihe 
J Amiga, more spaclficaliy Iha 
- A1200. I musl aOmil Thai I am 
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dDle, halpad by yaur magazine 

f now havfl a fairly sioensivfl SD^ware 
collQcliijn made up mostly ol senoiis sofl- 
«are, one of whicK, VtetaUle, ks the cause 
ulth^.tftter. 

Vi&taLlla IB a wondertii[ pfece al aoh- 
*are which I find enlremely easy (o use 
while providing me with B!*cellanl land- 
scapes. The problaiTh 4a, my iS 
capable Qf Zbd colouJ^s due To [he AG A 
chipset, yet v/hen I rendar a scnpl in 25& 
(oloui via VislaLilB the reniJeretl images 
are blacK- 

When ] \!y rendering Ihe same scene 
with less colDura the scene is fine, bul no 
malTer how hard I tiv I simply cannot cre- 
ate 255 colcur Vanlms. As you reviewed 
thi3 package I was wondering \i you could 
sAad some light my way? 

D. Molt). Wamngfon 

CF _\ Your VIsLflLllB problem la a 
'vj cuflajB chap and although I 
- ^ believe I have Jocaled Ihe fault, I 
really can 'I work oul why Iha problem 

In order to use the Viewer program 
correclly you will need Id set tTw LockP 
button or^ The VislaUle inlerlace. Vou 
Mill probably be aware ai rhis alrHBdy 
as II Is locking the palette m 256 colour 
the! causes Ihe black scrB«n. When Ihe 
palelle is unlocked the correct pafette 
Ifi shown- Howevef, this is no good aa 
each frame wfll have a aeparate palette- 
ir you awllch Ihe Show Hender oplion 
en you will noilce thai Ihe 25B colour 
picture fs rendered accurately with 
LockP on When the paletle is finally 
worked out It suddenly turns black- 
So what's Iha enawerT My advice 
wGuld be lo CRil Virtual Reality 
Laboralorles and find oullor sura If this 
IS a bug. It may ba worthwhile learning 
the hard way and actually creahng your 
own Van km s by actually rendering and 
saving each frame indlvlduallyr The 
palettes will always be ihe a a me. The 
scripts provided are Interesting but not 
i/ety useful, 



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rmndmr 3S6 colour tfanhnm tn 
YitlmLitm lit* paldlJa bim* blimk 



If tfDu ue gat an Rmiga- 

hafdmfs, software or 
anmuare. tahe it to KfIS 
far aa instant saiutiaa 

[linging draiuers 

Al prssant I own an ASM bul am 
' ' .; hoping fo upgrade to an A1300 
very soon. I am interested m getlfng 
into DOS and Workljench hul Ihe happy 
syalem I currently have is too sloiAi 

□isabiliiy aside, I have managed to work 
my way through most of Workbench but 
hava e problem defeting certain drawers- I 
select Ihese drawers and then select delete 
from Iha menus bul liie screen flashes and J 
gel an error message reading: 

Error yhUi rfigiTt>i Hll l?l^ jjbltcl \x In U»( 

Needless lo say Ihe drawers are nol delel- 
ed Any help you could offer would tie 
grealiy appreciated 

a Harding. Noithampton 

C> Vou would be surprised al how 
many people get stumped by 
this one. Some programs, whan 
Inslalled on hard driira or floppy disk, 
make whaE Is called an Assign - you may 
already be familiar with this command- 
When an assign is made lo a drawef 
that drawer cannot be deleted unlll Ihe 
assign Is remavad. Vou can do this in 
two weya Vou can remove the a&sign by 
selecting Execute Command.., from the 
Workbench menus and typing tn Ihe fol- 
lowing* using your enampie: 



acas 

AMIGA COMPUTING ADVICE SERVICE 



This wfll remove the assign from the 
system and you will be able to delete the 
drawer. However. II is likely that the 
assign Is in your User-Starigp file in the 
S directory Type In the Shell, ed s^usor- 
startup and look for Ihe line In the file 
that reads Assign VT; lyour directory). 
Delete this and then save the Uaer- 
Stortup fie by pressing Esc, k and then 
Return, Thie should cure Itie problem. 

User notes 

Although Ihere are many benefits 
J of owning a hand drive, mine is 
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because I don't know which programs they 
belong lo 

Uy LIBS directory has almost ISD files 
and I'm sure moat of rhem pre simply 



Imagine that 

®i own a copy of imagine 2 0 and am keen to 
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□ro gross con side rmg the complexity ol ihe 
pioQiam bul I wonder w you could help with a prob- 
lem I am having wilh brush maps 

How can I place two maps m eKecHy the same 
position on an obiecf^ Placing Them manually i^ dFlfi- 
culi and invariat>lv inaccurate- is there a way they 
can be posiTfoned identically^ 

J- Tftoflwson, Dudfey 

The key lo placing maps accurately on 
'top of each other is the Transformation 
'requester. Using this requaster place the 
firsi map and jot down lis position, sire and 
orientation. When you come lo do Ihe second 




brush, open up the Transformation requester 
again and copy the first coordinates Into if- Vour 
maps will now be posllioned accurately on top 
of each other. 





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axe kn hand, apouUng proFanlty al Iho slub- 
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wasUng space As I understand it. ih& 
Amiga haa (he ability lo read and write 
fKJles to a Me so lhal users can lell which 
lile a particular (tbra^ is connecled lo 

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This would really halp me lo Mdy up my 
ham dnue 

K. Lew!5, NewcasiSe 

Notes, or tilenoles n9 ihey 
,L ' ■ correclly known, can be 
* ' added Id all lypes of Amiga 
llles, bur as to ihelr usage most Amiga 
owners don'l bother with Ihem. Thay 
are a novetly fhal soon wears off- 
There are two reasons 'or Ihls. TherH 
are bo many BBSOciated DOS and sys- 
tem files that lo label all of Ihem would 
ba Impossible- The second problem Is 
that many library files are used by sev- 
eral programs so, linking Ihem lo one la 
rather pointless- 

You can add you^ own lilenolas lo 
programs by opening up the Shell and 



BalBan or DDI 



. ■ - As we are all aware, what distinguishes Ihe Amiga Irom oUier home computers is 
I Its ability lo mulUf ask. Allhough I could never reaify see The advantage of Ihts (adl- 

'" *. . iiy when Iflrst bought my Amfga If has now became an essential TunclKm. 

Due to the nalure ol my pamcularinlarHsl. it Is common for me to have five or 
progiarns loaded al once - many of "hem performing complex lasks such as rendering- 

When the programs are laadsd and woitilng my Amiga slows dreadfully and Workhencls 
Deconws almost iinl»arable. Is there any way I can atop thts from happening'' 

T- RaynolOs. Uveipooi 

When programs are launched the processor of your Amiga gives each 
^ one a prioFlty- Many programs allow you lo set this value v^hlch ranges 
^> from -127 to In order lo sfow or speed up the taaks you will need to 
alter their priority. The first thing lo do Is open the Shall and type in Status 
Full, This w4ll provido you with a list of all the current running tasks and their cur- 
rent priorllleB Note down Ihs number of the process thai ia tahJng processor time 
- 0 is narmally the highest setting. In the Shell, type In the following: 

Ehingtriitprl (n» pHeHljil gruEfii IprpLiii nirbvrl 

Kaep the rangB of lask priorities between -5 and S. Go any higher than thla and 
ttw Amiga operating system may alow considerHbly. 




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typing In the following: 

iiL^naiF ililrniad LPiNBt ('l-flaAD|r') 
To read any file notoa type in Ibe Shell: 

[ill Cpirhi 

This will produce a list ol the tiles in that 
directory \n the order IFilaneme] 
(Length) (Piags) (Date created) (Tima 
created) (Filenole)- 

DOS bachup5 

/' As an A1200 owner I am curranlly 
(^'^ J] learning about Amiga DOS which I 
feel Is imponani iT I want lo get the 
most from my ram pular I wish Commodore 



had produced a DOS help pTogiarr 
as understanding Ihe programs is a fime- 
consuming process. 

At lha moment I am sluok on Ihe DOS 
command Bru When I try to launch this 
program from Shell, all I get is a requester 
which 4Bads "Slack Overflow" Dru. I have 
heard thai Bru is some hind of hard drive 
backup program which is lairly powerful 
Am i right as I would liha to use tt? 

p. Pead. Baih 



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. The Inslallei guide ir Amiga Computing wab 

[ ' ' -^J vary helpful and I have produced some pretty 
speclaculai scripts I& ihere anyway Bolean 
algebra can be used to perlorm cerlBin (unctions on 
numbers or uanablea? l am ihinking of writing an 
Installor^me and this would prove useful. 
B. Davres. PiBStatyn 

The fallowing commands will allow you to 
m '] BolHfln algebra In your scfipts. Enpr, 
-J. eaprl or enprZ all indicate either nymhers 
or Irifeger variatiiBS. A game in Installer - 
that sounds inlsreatlngl 



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Help... 



A fmmm in tttMlallai - paw thmf an Inlmrantlng IdBflr 
InalMlIrr cpf vn lor evmrylhing - Dwan flal»n pIgafHJ 



Vou are cDrreci - Bru Is IhB 
DOS hard drive backup system. 
It is a complEji beast which 
requires more eilensive explanation 
than I can afford tiare. 

What I will do is show you eKampl« 
script files that will allow you lo perform 
B full hard drive backup and restore 
using Bru- The examples below show 
how to eslimale the amount of disks 
needed for the backup, perform tha 
backup and perform the restore. 

Check how many disks wilt be needed 

Slick IDQIM ; i Lirot ttitll II tiunl^iL 

lD ^i>Bihi : (niTr ihi vdik 1c rDifit 

6'u -I ; vnrl crni hdn »ny dijb lUt bl riqulrrd 

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Bru -I : crsiit* B net irckive ip ihp dfliuLi d'lv- 

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Produced by: Stlents Denmark 

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Opening wfTh o marvellous 3D 
sequence v/hare Ihe view tellowB a 
spQCEShip llying Ihrougb a lunnel 
complHif, Soulkilchan tmmedialEly 
diaTingkii&liDs H^eil as one cl Ihe be si 
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objecl conslanTly changes shape, 
asst>ming al dHlerenl Limes Torms as 
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corporalB Dig boys squabble over 
who will obtain the production nghts, ai 
Iho grass rools level the machine is very 
much ahve as a bumpar crop of PD 
pnDducB confirms. 

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squoHiad Into these packed pagoa Ibis 
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sible Frertch demo called Twingo iwhal's 
11 aboul'^ Answers on a poBlcard.. }. atioul 
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[ult lU Guide 

Produced by: various 

Available from 17 Bit Software 
Disk No, 3S03 

In which episode of Red Dwarf did the ctew 
visit a planet crgalad by Rimmei's imaglna- 
Hon'' Actually, Ihis colossal Aimgaguide lite 
won"! leil ynu thai because the author of Ihe 
Red Dwarf secnon has forgotten the episode 
name (It was 'Rimmerworid', fact fans). Bul 
that's about lha only omission fiam this sum- 
mary ol plots and programmes horn across 
the comedy, science fiction, aOvaniura, 




Learr Ihs b.-icJi grUU-ltf ll 'lia 'oad ttfafaclort 
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animation and horror genres. Find out which 
editMjn of Wonty Pylhon's Inlying CjrcUs faa- 
lurBd lha inlamous "Nudge nudge, wink wmk' 
sketcJi, or what bappenod m episode 27 of 
ThunOerbirds, or the onginai broadcast date 
of pan 53 d( Blake's 7 And hunahi Evan 
Auloman is Inctuded, a series Irom 19W that 
loafls ol my males have claimed was merely 
a fi3rr>enl ol my imaginahon, 

Utfimalely pointless bul naverthelass quite 
jnloresting and guaranteed lo settia {or 
provoke) many arguments, the Cult TV 
Guide will appeal to letevlsion devotees 
everywhere. 

Insettaids \m 
Outer Space 

Programmed by: Mark SIbty 
Available Irom: Vour Choice 

While al first glance tnaactoids may appear 
to be a sfrajghi Space invaders clone, 
there's aciuaJiy a kjl more lo this enioyable 
shoot-'am-up than Is Immodifllely evident 

Predictably, you control a small ship which 
must take on wave after wava ot alien 
invaders. Fortunately lor once i<^u are not 
limited to simply blasting Ihem, sfnce you 
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ties m, and therealter unlii the end oi the 
stage they will sit akmgsMe your ship, fir"' 
at their fonr>Hr buddres whenever you dr. 
This new twist makes Eor plenty ol addictive 
mass destruction. 

"niat's not all that's new, however Eveiyl 
now and then instead of a simple aiion-biast- 
mg stage there will be an asteroid held fu 
navigate or a mother ship to dock wiin 
White these stages ere not in [hem selves- 
spectacular, they do make a welcome- 
charge 

All m ail. inaectolds is an altraclively prn 
sentBd game with plenty ol addictiventb: 
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Produced by: BIgnonia 

Available from. 17 Bit Software 
Disk No. 35 ie 

Anolhsr in a long line ef fl-bit hits convar- 
ted for ihe Amiga, Zaxxon boasts genuine 
C64 quality graphics and the same 
incredibly frustrating gameplay of the onq- 
Infli. 1 remembor despising this little n\jn- 
ber because 1 never felt entirely comfun- 
abie with the siighliy contusing confrui 
method. 

For those unfamiliar with ZaxKon, It 
your task to guide a small spacai 
through a scrolling isometric 3D 1^ 
scape, dodging miGsites. shooling gi 
empiacemenlB and so on along the way. 

Unfortunately, the slightly uncom 
tionaf viewpoint meant that the bigj 
problem 1 always found was judging 
heighl ol certain obslacies above gi 
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StereoScopic 
Pro IE DemD 

Programmed by; Timothy Eckel 

AuaHable (lom: Vogr ChoKM 
Dish No. GR164 

^floo loblo liJIers for the nirtenea, random 
lot 5lBiBogranLa - or magic eye pictures, or 
SiROS, Of whatever else you care lo call 
rem - seem lo ba everywhere iheae days- 
^Cparenlly Ihe 3D images they con lain can- 
ffl be Been by around oi\b In ler> people, 
and unlll Escenlly I would have indutted 
MtfsaH In lhal bracUl. Then suddenly one 



ccfiiiion ihs ship at eiiBCtly ihe righl he'ghl 
t fly dirsclly mla things, whereupon the 
tf^ip would be relumed to llie sleil of ths 
current level - somaElmes a long way 
Ml. 

Slill. for U-iose who ware aMIful enough 
»D avoid dying &d regularly, S-bll Zawion 
■as an enjoyable ctialferge. The only 
»je5non is whethar. afier all this time, it 

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day I gave it another go and, b3 if by msgic. 
It worked. I no longer fel) enduded, rejected 
and alienaled. my life was complele 

II you can't afford ihe eKtonlonale prlcea 
currently baing charged for slun volumes of 
the things, ihrs DlY package could bo Jusi 
what your wallet naed^- A WB2.04+ 
machine 15 all that's required before you can 
gel up and mrining, but a printer dafinitely 
helps as I found Ihe Images a lol easier to 
see un paper than on a monitor screen 

While this is only a dauio voisiun (the real 
(hmg will cosi a heify Sao direct Irom 
(he Amencan author) it si III aflows you 10 
create and pnnt some decer>f elereograma 
which you can casually dot about the living 
room when soma particulady tedious and 
unconversational guests drop In 



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sider worthy ol revtew. Whether n wpII be 
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meni coverage then sticK H ir> 0 Jiffy bag or 
padded envslope and send II in wUh all 
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Indunte a cover letter supplying a descriptkin 
ol Ihe disk contents and some basic inslmc- 
Tion^ The address lo send Ihe disks to is' 

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PD submfssions 
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Media House 
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Mffccfeaneld SK10 4NP 

m iDttGRi tl 

Programmsd by; Michael Pratt 

Ave liable from. Michael Piatt 

11 Ifiings carry on Via way, before kmg there 
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Produced by Paul Moore 
Available Irom Roberta Smith DTP 
DiaKNo UC1I7 



Hfs Guide to the Internet 

Prorluced by- Adam Cafrin 
Available from 17 Bil Soflware 
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Comma Guide r:overs loplcs as diverse as deciding 
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eager would-be comms bulf. 

The Guide To Tha [nlarnsE Is less ger>eral bul no 
less InterBSting ll Includes, among many other things, 
details ol how to contact BIN Clmion and whtat different 
'smiiies' - thosa -) symtials - moan. 

Between them these disks oFfer a wealth of invalu- 
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piedicuon program of Ihe monlh' There is, ol 
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ol a good prograim ol (hrs kind, any lackpol 
work wilh irs help would be split betweer* hun- 
dreds or thousands ol paoplE. Anywav. 'or 
regirlar lollery enlranls who haven'l had a 
great deal d success, I oppose it could be 
WGiTli a iry 

MP LolEsry slood oul from this rnonth's 
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lion and Simple interface. As usual, previous 
sets ol winning rfumbers can be enlered and 
sBved [0 disk, and Pie p'ogram usea these to 
produce slalistics for ihe jnosi and leaal Ire- 
qu^nEfy occurrtng numbers - hy the law of 
averages Ihoae that have escaped ought to 
come HQ soon 

MP Lollery is available direclly from !he 
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lover 

The Hrt of Hidiard 
Bateman 

ProducKl by: Brian Swltzer 

Available from. Blue Rose PD 

Richard Baloman is, It would s^em. a i\ns 
Wildlife artist whose work Is presenled here tn 
the lorm of a two-disK sfideshow- High quallly 
digitised pictures of Ihe anworh were pro- 
fluced bsing Digiview 4 on an Amiga MOO, 
and IhgsH are cycled slowly through to the 
accompanimonl of aoma upbeat and suitably 
Inollensive music. 

All gmrt^ cl crealures, from Aoodpetdtgr^ to 
Ion cubs, are cove^ad. Among the best ol Ihe 
bunch are Ibe plclures of a chipmunk, a coy- 
ote, a lioness, some puf'ins and a tiger 
among long grass. Tliat aaid, all ihe artwork 
IS of s very high standard. 

This disk acl& as a good advert lor Ihe 
artist's lalenia and if ihe oiher tiHes m |he Arr- 
On-A-Dis^ 'angB come up to the same high 
quality, then this should prove b popular 
series 




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Uidso Graphics 

Produced by: Blue Hose PD 

Available Iram: Blue Rose PD 

This iwD-dish sal is a oollec 
tion ol backgrounds, fonis and 
brushes aimed squarely at Ihe 
deshlop video enlhuslasl 
Particularly useful are Ibe sev- 
eral superb patterned back- 
grounds, Wilh efecis ranging 
from a sort ol bubbling gold to a wonderful tenured dark blue- ThsBS aie idsal as, lor 
Instance, backdrops lo scroll credits over. 

The bmshes included vary considerably m uselulness- They are all simple and some, such 
as 'Our Wedding Day' written m an atrHClive display lent, have obvious value 'o the amalaur 
video makEr. However 'Awake' and 'Sleep' - a pair of pJclures of what appears lo be b 
medusa againsi a stone-aflecr background - would hardly be UHd m a regutar basis, and 
Ibeir inclusion is son;ewhal baffling. 

The lonts are similarly variable. Many are Ihe son of capifals-only Ihlngs you would see In 
the scroll lenls of especially rjiediocra demos. On the olher hand (here are some quite good 
ejcamples. such as Golden Ann . which is a dacotflllva wedding-style display foni, and 
Dinosaur', a capsnjnly slong BfTact aHalr. 

Siill, while only a few ol the graphics on these disks are going to be genuinely worth gal- 
ling hold of. the commarciai allemalives are oHen quite expansive. Foi Ihat reason, video 
lans might still lind this offenng worth a closer Inspection, 




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Produced by: Apeit 

Available from' 1 7 Bit Software 
Disk No, 

You can see Irom Ihe slart Ihflt this dsmo 
doasn'r take Itself loo senously The open- 
ing screen takes Ihe michael oul of the 
Paramount Picluras mountain logo, wbich 
prcmpliy givQ$ way to a host ol decent if 
unonginal effects. 

PJenly ol dotty pictures are included, 
which 'npple' as II they were drawn on 
blankets being slowly shaken. There is 
also the obtigaiory rotating 3D cube, bul 
lor a change here it rolls along a fast-mov- 
ing. parellax-scEoltmg, technicolour back- 
drop - Ihe sorl of elfect you show to own- 
ers ol the new 'super consoles' juet before 
you break Iheir hearts by whipping out 
Pagestream. 

in all. the whole demo, while no! war- 
ranting an 'unmissable' tag. does not dis- 
appoint. As w"h mosi demqs il is filghly 
'inlikety you'll boot it more than a couple ol 
limes belore consigning it lo the disk boK 
lor all elemity. but at leasi there are 
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hi^re's no doubling lhal the A1200 \b a pcwer'- 
house compuler in ttseti. but It It had a weakness 
i| would be in the upgradoHbilMv dBparlmenl. 
Owners of machines like I he A3000 and A4DO0 have had 
1ht> luxury o! 3 Oarrqge of Zorro alots, inlo which Ihey can 
plug in Ibe many weird and wonderful upgrade tuacds on 
Ih? marhei Ahicb furlhQr boa^ls their machme's perTar- 
mance. Such upgrade boards include graphics cards, 
accDloralDrs. SCSI cards and morQ. 

Okay, so A1200 owners have their own upgrade boordfl 
Ahich f|l irlD the Irapdaor alol, but il is only one slal ar>d 
It's a far cry from Ihe versahMty Zorro slots provide. 
There's also the PCMCIA slot yau mighl say, but PCMCIA 
producl^ are not exacHy lloodirg the market and again, 
there is only one slol. 
ThanhluUy, Powef Ccthipuhng can supply all you 




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ffom iiQUf dlSBB? Barm fuans 
fhechs out a nm praduct which 
adds Boffo slats to the fllSBB 




An I L 19 9 5 



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HARDWARE 



pOwer-hungFV A120Q owners wilM a proauci 
w^iicli not onry gives you fcve Zono II alms, n 
also Looks noal and creates mare room on 
your de^kti:>p ta bool 

Ths 5DLulior> ta Ihia palTi la powar comes 
in lha torn ol Ihe Tower A120(J, 0 riHidifiafl 
PC mini Eowfi' csae ir^lo whicr> you place 
your A1200 molherboard. A almplo Idea you 
may Uiink, but LMe really clever pan comes in 
the lorm of ihe supplied busboard which 
houses live Zorro II slnlt 

This busboard is connecled to Ihe A1200 
molherljoard 1hr?Ligli an acEapler which plucjs 
into Ihe A1200 trapdoor ccnnecfor The 
adaptor algcj has pass ihrough slot wtiich 
allows you to sliH use sTandaid A1?00 
irapdoor upgrade boards. 

The actual busbuaid I5 rslabvelv simple In 
design, rkie lo Ihe tact lhat Ihe AlSODa trap- 
door oonnsiitor i5 realjy a modified Zorro sdot 
in ilsell - therefore the bustjoard c<rciiHry 
mainly deals with addressing multtple slol? 

The lower case Is a slurdy bsasL and II 
saves space thanks to its smeU 'loolpnnt' on. 
■he desk. Or, betlei stiil, you can sirrply put h 
to one side unrtei the desK- Wh^n nol In use. 



Step bq step 



BnrrD slots, luassat then? 



Ones upon a Hme, when some Commodore ep>gineers 
were doslgning a neat bit o\ kit called an Amiga 1000, 
they decided thai il should have eiipansion ^lol^ to allow 
users to easily upgrade their computer with cool third- 
party penpherals- 

Sltangely enough, and for raasons known only to them- 
wlve&, thsy named Ihsir slots afler an ei:iually sfange 
sword-WielcSng loleUKlon hero of yesleFysar calfed Zorro 
(funny lol these iscJinical bods) 

Of course, as is lha case wUh computsra, no soonaf do 
you have or>e when you suddenly find lhat another model 
ha& been released which is superior lo yours. Hence the 
Amiga 2noo was horn, and, along wilh it. Ihe Zorro s|oE 
were updated and renamed Zorro H, providing even 
hJgher data Iran&TBf speads. 

As Eechnology advanced at its LJSueiF relentless pace, 
graphics chips and hard dishs became even more power- 
lul and last and, yes you guessed il, Zono II slob were 
superseded by Zorro 111 slots. These could handle the 



huge amounts ot daia which very fast hard drives and 
r>ew graphics chips could chuck out and could also cope 
wlUi much larger amounis ol RAM on memory upgrade 
[wards. ThenkfuJly, many of loday's higher quality esparv 
sion boards are boLh Zorro II and Zorro III compatible, 
Yfppeee 

So, wt^t does all this mean lo the prospecth^ buyer of 
Ihls lower syslem? Well, Il you wani to have access to all 
Ihose ZonD enpanSNin boards on the mai^et, you have to 
bear In mind lhat (here are many toards which are Zorro 
i\\ only, sudi as Ihe DKB 4091 SCSI host adapter, and 
Iherefore will nol work m your lower syalumS Zorro U 
skols. So, IF you have a product in mind, be sure >t says it 
^Zorro II compalrble 

Also, wilh the DMA conflicf between Zorro boards and 
standard trapdoor expansion boards, 

you will have to pick and choose your configuiellons lo 
avoid [his. In shon, check with the supplier lot any 
possible ccnIllcG baiwsen ihe cards you Intend usrg. 



i 



Ihe exlernal keyboard can gimpty be stood 
on Its end and placed out ol the way. This is 
much neater and ridier than the A12f>0 ar^j 
its collection ol catjies cluttenng up the daak 
Hidden at the rear of the case you will see 
thai all the necessary holes have been cut to 
fit the A13CKTS vanous ports, such as the 
mouse and senal porl There is even a stol 
Oil into the case For A1200 acceleralor cards 



which have optional SCSI inlerlace connec- 
tors, plus there are the six slols which housd 
Ihe exlernal connections of any Zorro 
e^pans^on caids you have plugged In 
Strange considering [here are only five Zorra 
slois 

Atso al the rear is a cooling fan and Uie 
keyboard connector lor Ihe external key- 
tward. VtHj have two choices regardirig the 





Mfitrl front aamr borlnn jiuffl, bolta mnd tetawm, 
thr TvW^r AIXO coniralk af Itimaa UifM* main 
eampcnwiCfl whieh vfiU lum tour JII200 itfo ■ 



Attar lamovbtg ^iir AtXH'j nwllwrbaard IT !■ trmn'tmTwl t- lh« 
Tpwvf V^'r ana aaruwaa Into plaea. ttoliea lA* Bdapltr frighl 
handt pluggmd mitf lha dfnO'a Irwpilaar "pantlan aofifaeter. 
Yhia eonnaela lh« tiiiflbDiirrf le Via AtlOO matfivrboflrd 



ana ■■cimlv >cr*w«d dcmr, rh« f Prrt 
mtot Dmba jrd la pluggad enia Ifia 
molharboani 'la ■'w admplmt 




nins' aiv laakirig cDD' al»«rfy. jIB fO*l can ■•0, 
Ihf n^mv dirk in ihr driv* vma* J> pahlng aul 
Ihrouqh lha drive hay aiat ntem and tiuah 



How il'a Bimolv a mallmr if connocfi^g lha 
yaflow p'PII* Mnd Imada fa futii ilrJvdB Aild Itta 
trtotHar^oarti mnd bunboard and ref'" nwarly 
llvr*. Neliea Ihe alraady inatallad 24-bil 
Zaira wmpanalon aatd. try rJdJnp rhal inio a 
atanOwa A-IHOO. malar ' 




THa ireni cwi- 
m\a at Jlw 

lOf^ar CBU 

irteiuda a deck 
apaaa dfipfay, 

poi/tmi, rurfHI 
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Ion- Thera aro 
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driva bmv alaia 
tar additional 
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Amiga Computing 



APRIL 1995 



HflRDWfiHE 



SafGtij first 

Before enibsrking on any pra/ecl 
tvfiict} wtii have you handling any elec- 
tronic ciicuitry. you should heed She 
ioUoyt'ng safely lips- 

1. If yau don t have any basic eleci'\::ai 
knowledge ot etpetience m handling 
eleclncdl compDnenia, slop here. Vou 
cen damagfi bolh yoursell and your 
AiZDD {possjbJy irrevocably^ Gel 
Borneonfl Milh experisnce la do ihe 
|ob- 

2 Elwrtncily n lelhal. especially when 
II Is passing through your (very cor\- 
duclive) body unhindered. So make 
sure iilL eleclrical supplies are 
unplugged. 

3 ElecTromc componenrs are dedicate 
ciEalurea. Ihey are erEremely 
averse lo sialic eleclr icily and regula 
rJy die when Ihey come Into cor^lacl 
wiTh il If you wanT lo have a fully work- 
ing Ankjga con>puter aller building Ihe 
Tower A 1200. be sure Eo ^ear a good 
quality earlh sirap To keep nasly Wr 
Sialic al bay Such earlh siraps are 
available 'rom mosi good eleclrical 
stores 



■pAc^rd. Vou can ellher opt to lteq fOui 
^'ZXi urut, which Elwn fits inio an adapler 
afie o you can choose a PC-slyle kaytoard 
I3r an anlra £25 95, lo which [he Amiga's 
jNQLfe keys are mapped to ihe PC layout. 
hU me Iront ol the case are Ihtee S IM incJi 
Day5 and five 3 1/2 inch Onve bays 
*vee or ihe 3 1/5 "th bays have blanking 
?««s opening to the ironl of Ihe case, with 
^ QEher iwo only useful tor fixed drive 
-mechanisms lhat don't requira HJdernal 
Kceu 

AccDFTipanylng Ihe drWa bays la Ihe LED 
i^ay showing power, hard disk acltvlty and 
re madiine speed in megaharlz. Two Large 
i-0 ominously black b^tUins maHted Reset 
ertS Turbo can be found here as well The 
"l'Ijo switch can presumably be wired lo any 
afceisralor card lu swiich between speeds, 
nDKHjgh there waa no menban of ihis in Ihe 
"ttnual 

DISPLAYS 

ThQ LED speed diaplay is a three digit 
iHair with Ihe first digit used to indicale Floppy 
.^k activity All these Iront displays and 
:on|rols are housed tishind a nifty Irttle door 

Available as an option Is an inlemal 
wan power sLipply unit [P5U) lo replace Ihe 
Al200s pallry 25 watt standard supply. This 
4 much rncre powerlul than the A1200 PSl> 
and Is a must lor those who want to ulilise 
Tieir Zurro capabikly lo Ihe full. Without il, Ihe 




Any ciHirputmr tt pmif ummltta wilhaul m 
lloppy drtvD. So, li'm limB la pul Itia tloppjf 
ditk itile rh« lowmr o—o'* Oritw a*o' and 
alDf Jl Into pomtUoa 



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iwrimMlm Ihm v^rl- 
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Ihoaw Juicy 
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poor old A1200 PSU can onfy dish out 
erKJugh power for a maximum mf ona aypan- 
aion board in a Zorro skil - any rrujre and II 
iust doesn't have tha |uice lo hand and will 
just present you With a Ijlaikk screen when 
you awitch on the power. 

This hlghflr-pnwerBd PSU, costing E99.9S, 
plugs direclly into the Zorro busboard and will 
happily supply The eleclfickary for your com- 
plete system, including all five Zorio 3jaL9 and 
their contenls. 

Overall, the aysiem worked well, bul there 
are a few points lo bear in mind before you 
inake your buying deaaton. First ol all Is lhat 
although provision ts made 10 plug in yout 
aKislInc] A 1200 trapdoor expansion boards, 
couriosy of the through port on the conneclor 
mtiich sils beh^eon (ho AI300 trapdoor con- 
nector and ihe Zorro busboard, ihere is a 
tBchnical conflict which ovists wUh DMA 
access 

il your A1?00 evpanaion card ulilises DMA 
access, any Zorro SKpanpion card which also 
utilises DVA access during its c^eralfon will 
be prevented Irom DMA accesa while the 
AI20a expansion card is plugged m In other 
words, II won't woili 

Once you have in^taliad your Ai2aQ moth- 
erboard into the tower case, the PCMCIA 
e>ipansion pori is useless because no exler- 
nal access lo ihe akit is provided. In fact, the 
PCMCIA skJl IS direclly flush wilh ihe base of 
Ihe lower case, so those with products like 
Ihe Squin-el or Zappo CD-ROM peripherals 
which III 10 ihe PCMCIA will no) be too 
pleased here 

For those with internal IDE dnves In their 
A1?[II3. there ia no data cable provided lo 
aNow you to mount |he drive m one of ihe 
drive bays I had to sirr^y use Ihe ridiculously 
shon data cable which came with my IDE 
drive and rest the drive Itself on Ihe boltom or 
Ihe lowercase 

SAFE AND SECURE 

Paranoia finally cvercame me wiih visions 
of the drive sliding around and possibly loudh- 
mg live components on the A1200 mother- 
hoard, so I decided to secure the bees) usin^ 
good old BlU'Tak. It works quite well loo, bul I 
would much rather have Ihe damn thmg 
screwed securely into a drive hay. A strange 
oversight mefhinks. 

Also remember that you get Zorro II slots 
with this system and there are many hoards 
□ul there that are Zorro III only. You would 
therefore be wise tc Eirst consider what Zorro 
expansion cards you went and check that 
Ihey are Zonn II compatible 

If you also wish lo mw your aKlsHng A-I3M 
e>[pansion cards with your Zorro boards, it is 
wisB la check wilh ihe supplier first thai the 
DMA conflict will not prevenl you from using 
■hem both et Ihe same lime. 

The actual mslallalion process was talrly 
straightforward, no thanks to Ihe horrendously 
inadequate and bediy translated manuat. As 
long as you have some electronics knowl- 
edge with a dash ol common sense, you 
should have little difficulty. There isn't even 
any soldenng to be done. All you need IS & 
good set ol screwdrlvoES and pliers. 

If you are not al all electronically minded, I 
would urge you to bevrare. The manual isn'l 




15 i stiirijii 
licast and it ^aues 
ttianhs til [t3 Sinai 'faotorit' 

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really concrse enough lor novices and when 
i| comes to messing with your A12Da's 
innards, you can damage delloale 
oomponenia beyond repair 

The Tower AiMO cenainly works well 
despite some ol its drawbacks and it per- 
formed admirably With a RAM expansion 
hoard and EGS Spectrum ?4-blt graphics 
card fitting nicely In the Zorro slots. 
Ultimately though, to gel yoirr hand^ on 
Zorro capability, Ihe choice Is between this 
upgrade palh and buying an A300D or 
A400D, arKi il all ccxnea down lo your individ- 
ual needs. Bear In mind that you can gel 
hold of an A3000 Wilh '030 processor. 
4MbRAM and 2l4Mb hard drive Tor £999, 
and lhat comes with tho latest Zorro III slots 

The Tower A1200 wilh 330 v^h PSU will 
cost you about C599 and wrth second-hand 
A12D0S selling for about £200. you could sell 
your existing computer and for reughly £2D0 
ejiira, buy a new A300D olf the shell. The 
choiCB IS yours. 



The bottom line 



Product: Tower A 1200 
Suppf'er Power Computing 
Pncei £499. £598.99 wirh opSfonsI 
230 wan PSU 
Tei: 01234 273000 



3 



Ease of uso 

Implementation _ 
VaJue tor mon«v. 
Overall 



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6 

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Amiga Camputlilf 



APRIL 1995 



SOFTWARE 



eirce last April, some Amf^a devel- 
opers have been a bil narvaus. 
me i-fifl5on7 The company SAS 
decided to drop me Amiga verahon cl 
SAS/C, effeclrvely removing one of ihe 
mam dBvalopmenl plalforms on the 
machine and leaving users of Ihe ayslem 
wiHi bugs rhaf will nol be renDved. 

However, all was not qurle lo&t. Mall 
Dillon's sharewara compiler, DICE, was 
gaming so much supjiort lhal it was decided 
10 really work lor version 3 Id creale the uHi- 
mflle C package. This was no small under- 
laking and hencfl itie package has moveP 
iQ rna oommeicial world under Ihe wing oi 
Obvious ImplementalioFiB Corporation 

II used [0 be Ihe case ibal you could only 
gaf Ihe commercial package dhrecfly from 
the Stales, which not loo many Europeans 
wera eagar lo do. Thai is, unlil Fourlh Laval 
Developmenls look on UK dislribuMon. 
abng w^rh a fairly sizeable diunk of Europa 
iDr good measure. 

Wilh a minimum ol persuasion, a review 
copy was prompily fOFlhcoming from Fpurth 
Level and soon five dishs and a chunky 
manual arrived on ibe desk. Packed onto 
Ihese disks is an impressive range of slufi 
mcluding Ihe compiler, a source level 
debugger, visuat make uliilty, code profllar, 
iwo editors. Commodore IncJuda liles for 
versions 1 3, 2.0 and 3,0. essenlial ullliUes 
such as enlorcar, support ulllirias and a 
mullitoda more. 

The manual makes a refreshing change 
loo as II IS made less dsunllng by Ihe inclu- 
sion of a cartoon on the cover which some- 
how convincea your eyes Ihial The inch and 
a bh ihlckness realiy isn't going to be ihai 
bad. 

DICE Is designed to work nol only on 
high-end machines wllh X Gigabyles ol 
memory and more hard dnvee lhan you can 
shake a suck al, bul also on a more modes! 
IWO drive, IWB system - it is ihe maker's 
inlenlion to conlmua Lhls support while 
adding to Ihe features ol DICE 

Installation is achieved through the stan- 
dard Inslaller utilily for both hard driva and 
floppy users Opilons on Iho completeness 
of inslaiJalion are given, along wirh a cfvilce 
ol which version of the Include files you 
want to use. This section passed without a 



f1 good read 






m» •half* Dice* a|i*ml0n. 
tdH mult Miaka tram on* pt/t^ 



T»A dBDuf a«r mining Mi 'mjjtrf' nvnta afHwIng C mnd 
dADOO )n<afl*'ki«d and ona p'Vb at IS* apIioTf pmakmam 



Raising the 
stahes 



problem. Once In stalled, a hulking great 
PleadMe file is ihrown al you containing 
details of bug-(l<es. known hugs, release 
noies and a licensing agreement whhch 
could leach Satan's liltle workers a Ihing or 
two aboul conlracls. From lh|g point on, 
you're on your own to a iarr^e extent 

INTRODUCTORY COURSE 

Thirteen eKampie pro|ect5 are included In 
introduce you lo the joys ol VMake and I'll 
admit to feeling a litlle bit lost al this pelnl 
and longing for a tutorial However, ihings 
soon cleared up las good Doctors say) and 
my eyes were opened lo something lhal will 
probably revolutionise the way in which C 
programmers work. Just whal VMake is is 
diflicuH lo pJn down m words, but basically 



1 



Th« iviAnufll dcMrves ■ menlton- «00. DetpHe a C compirer being one of We most 
boflng producis kTsawn To man (or woman). Lhe auThors have managed to Keep the 
styte ]ighi yei inlormelWe. whils retaining ihe Lechnlcal sH)« too. This Is quKa afi 
achievement and is piotublv hBlpsd by lillle humorous bin which are well placed 
lo 95 not la annoy oven (he most wrlous ol lecfty tierds This Is o Teat ol Iha 
emergencv page Wanking system This is only a Teal ' pfovldes more of a grin lhan 
'TNs page it inl^nrkonn^iy blank «ver could. 

For rer»ronca Jl is spot on. but for a newcotier to Ihe patlcage it would be mce to 
&ae a Jew pagei tjy way of i (ulorlaJ, e*plalnmg RCS and VM&*io hy example. The 
TbcI ihfll it'4 spine bound and nol ring bound ks a maiglr^ai niggle tooi The review 
copy now has numerous Posl-fl notes acUng as boohmarks for The mosi 
refererni^d paQea. 

Overall, The levet o» mlegrftUon and shew* compleleness ai the whole syslem 
impresses me. Peopie who have oaed Tur&o C on a (shudder) PC will know jusl 
I how easy marragmg a large project in C can be - DICE malie* Ihe task even easier. 



Amiga Confuting 




float m (dfi get mr — 
hands on a professional — 
pfo-mliU { comoilof in — 
ttie form of BfU, an — 
essential piece of — 
softmre far ang serious — 
roller flih lines taiies a — 
gamble anri tias a loafi — 



tt's a complete windowing environment thai 
can integrate the DICE package (ogatlior 
visually, therefore eliminating the need in 
remember CLI options lor compilers, link- 
ers, debuggers and more I say 'can" 
because DICE can also be used Irom Ihe 
CLI Dy those who want to 

Despite this jnclusion, I suspect aven the 
mosi die-hard shell addict will give in and 
USB VMake - il really is excellent, it puHa 
Ihe whole ol DICE logether so well lhal Ihe 
relerence section of the manual seems a 
litlla superTloous 

The best way lo descnbe DICE'S opera- 
tion With VMake is through an enampio To 
start your prefect off, simply give the name 
of the eiLeculable file you want to bu<ld 
Neifi, add the names of files you want lo be 
pari of the package. After that, double- 
cllckJng on these names brings up the 



APRtL 1 995 



SOFTWARE 




RCS - Revielon Conlrol Syslem, used 1o heop Irach of imjIlkpiD 
verslana ot a Hie Used wDrld-wkdc, not Jual toi C programs 

■nU - One of lha many 'llavoura' of The UnkMrm} operating 

iystem. 

Linked tibrar/ - a INe IhaL cdnlakris precompiled rwncligns 
^hich IS joined Id the u&er & fklH- 



syalerr's delaull sdilar lo edil Ihem Once 
heppy wlih your fnodHicalions. you can 
choose lo brmg RCS {Reulsron Conlrot 
SysUini) Inio play by 'Checking IT your file, 
but you don'T hsvc lo use this if ycu don't 
¥ianl lo. 

When averylhing's hunky dory, click on 
Khe make bullon snd waich the program 
compile iMihoui having lo touch a makelilef 
All dspendencies arc worked out for you 
and better slhH, pnjtoTypea are peneraled 
aulcmallcalty, Lhus elirninciting the need lor 
manually iFanscfibir^ Lhe functior>5 from 
each ol your files info one file lor inclusion 

As mentionad above, RCS is included 
With DICE and is complelaly Integrated 
inside VMake For those nol famHlar with 
ilti^ tool - and I wasr>'l - it la certainly worth 
lhe ten mlnuEea It lakes lo ^t it working 
RCS has been porlad from the 'nn world 
arnJ simply keeps track ot revisions of your 
source liles 

CHECKING OUT 

Belore ediling a file can be done, il mual 
Be ■checked out' of the HCB system. When 
editing Is II ni shed it is checked back Inio 
RCS and lhe program prompts lor a reul- 
310 n commeni, which is logged along wilh 
lhe dale and rsviaion number. Special RCS 
keywords can be embenkled inside source 
coiJe to be expanded, showing the aulhor. 
history, creaiion Oato and more - again lhi& 
1$ automalically done 

BesI o( all. if somelhing wilh your latest 
version has gone horribly wrong and ycu 
suddenly Imd you need lo gel bacii lo four 
previous revisions, you can save your hair, 
sanity and Amiga from abuse. RCS keeps 
Track of all changes made by storing the dil- 
ferences from revision lo revision, allowing 
earier versions lo be j-aconslrucled. in 
short, RCS 1$ prefty Invaluable and using li 
wilhin VWake is a doddle 

Wlien errors do crop up in your code, 
VMake drops you into the editor ol your 
Choice, lotUng you wbal the problem is and 
where to find it. Wllh the Af^E editor {an 
Amiga specific enhance men I of the "nix 
mHrnacs editor which is DiCE's defaull) 
muMiple liias can be edited at the aame 
lime, so you can Itil happily belween your 
error log and source code file. 

Any ARexji knowledgeable editor can be 
integrated into the DICE package - configu- 
rallon Files are provided for CED, ED and a 
Few oEhers along w<fh matruclions on how fo 
maka arkoiher editor of your choice work 
^ell with lhe DICE syaiem 

While on The subject ol edilora, lis worth 
mentioning another corker of a uilllty thai 
DICE comes wilh, DiceHelp. This package 



if sametliing 

uiitli ijiiur lat- 
est n has PE liaA 
liifDug and i|du mi to ^et 
bath to \m piBuious 
mm. m [ao 
w hair, mH and Mm 
from abuse. K tnch 
ol all cliaoges mi^ ^ 
sturing tliE Mmm^ 
from reulsian tfl mm 
altag m\ wmm to 



integrates with your editor using AREXX so 
that wherk the cursor Is over a function call 
[for example, OpenWlndow), the program 
will search oul Ihe information from any 
autodocs thai you have on your system and 
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was called trom, who it calls m turn and 
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pulling down a menu item. As debugging 
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set at source. Ihe produced machine code 
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tool. 

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use with DiceCacha aware programs {such 
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— B B show somo lag lisl functions In 
acllon and lhl5 month's enampla 
does eiiflc(ly ihts, eertlnp up and using lag 
lists whic^ define a windCFW and a high resQ- 
lunon cuslom screen In its cunenl \om Ills 
program is a-lremflly simple but, as with 
previous examples. fvH opied for producing 
a piecB o1 

lhal can be huill upon m subsequent Inslal- 
marls. 

This means IKal undeislanding the over- 
all framework nf this month's code rs iinpar- 
[ant - i1 stands to rsason Ifial H you can 
appreciate wtifll Uie code is doing while at a 
relatively simple stage ol preparalion. sub- 
saqueni additions will undoubtedly be easier 
10 gel to grips wlih. 

However, lirst and foremosl Ihls month, I 
will deal with seeing tag lisls In acton and In 
this respect you already know aO pet cent ol 
[he slory. Using tag functions ihemaelvas, 
as we saw lasl month, is easy and m lad 
the only area where care needs lo be taken 
is in gemng Ihe nghi lag definiiions sei up in 
ihe firsi plaCB. 

Soma tag list-based lunctlons can, md- 
denlally, ignore nonsensical tag values, bul 
as a general nile it is safer to assume thai 
using any lag function with the wrong lags 
will have the same eHeci as, say, mahirtg a 
conventional library function call using Ihe 
wrong parameters In sliOfl - ycu should 
expect your machine lo Guml 

Listing 1 shows the scre&n and window 
lag lisia used m Ihe enample and when you 
anamine the CoverDlsK code, you will notice 
IhBl lag idenlily values have been defined at 





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Ihe start ol the source. There's nothing 
myslarious about me choosing lo creale 
lag delinlllons lika this ralher than using Ihe 
olflcial Commodore include Uta 
delinlUons - I've done it in order lo make il 
easy on those ol you lhat do not have IhB 
olf iciaf includes 

IDENTITIES 

By mcotooraling my own tag idenlily val- 
ues il becomes possible lor everyone to 
assemble the code, <nespective of whether 
they possess itie olficial includes or not 
(Since my definlliona are idanUcal wilh those 
provided by Commodore anyway il is aclual- 



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niifl ujjring ot Ihe screen and window involves sub- 
■ roulme (^sr) calls to ihe fag list routines already men- 
I toned, and Ihe block of code thai mnlrols this screen 
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of this month s example is lo illuslrate some lag Ust 
fundions and lo be honesl. t didn l thinh H would be a 
panicutady good idea 10 clutter an easentiBlly simple 
piece or code with relaiively complex menu and Iniuilion 
event handling mulmes 

The lime delay, incidentally, has been created using 
the Delayd function "rom the DOS library We simply 
load register dl with the numtjar of licks required (SD 
ilchs= 1 second) and call the DeiayO function My code 
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Window 10 remain open long snough lor you to see 
them - and perhaps move the window around using the 
mouse Although previous Issues have dealt with 
Intuilion menus and evenl handling, I ve chosen the 
lime delay approach m order 10 minimlsa the amount of 
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accompanying source code on Ihe CoverDisk along 
wirh a start-up linked executable version which you can 
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my source so thai it uses the Dfliclal deflm- 
hons instead) 

The fragments shown in listings 2 and 3 
perfonn Ihe |ob of opening a screen and s 
window respectively, and ynu'll find details 
ol Ihe acluol lag routines being used m the 
lurcfion call box outs. These should be seH- 
explanaiory if you followed ihe ideas pre- 
sented In the last instalment This area o' 
Ihe code should have a lamiliar ring atjcut it 
tor anolher reason because I'm using exact- 
ly Ihe same atlocatkjn/deallocation ananga- 
menta lhal have been used In previou* 
examples. 

II you are a new reader seeing this lype ^ 
code for Ihe first lime, Ihen here's a bne' 
recap on Ihe ideas All allocation operalions 
are coded m such a way thai, providing the> 
are successful. Ihe address of any corre 
spending deallocalion hinclion gels push&7 
onto a special 'deallocation slack'. When the 
program lerminales these addresEif 
are removed and lha associated routine- 
a>Leculed. 

This approach causes all required tteai^i 
cation operations to be performed in th^ 
reverse on3er lo those used for the ongma' 
allocations, and this fs normally ttie way 
ihtngs should be done It you want ihe fuh 
nifty grilly details of this partteular tndi you 
can gel [hem irom the Oclober '94 issue dI 
AtfaQ3 CojTipf '^rrgf 

jgOte ^ gives an outline of the various 
sections ol code you'll find on the 
CoverDisk. f^otlce that, as with previous 
eiamples, I have coded Ihe library opening 



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opening loop can be a tut of a mghlmare for 
the uninitlaled, I'll briellv recap on tits gener- 
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Fundien calling macro definitions 

Library opening loop 

Call to sub-ioulme lor opening a screen 

CbII to sub-rauhne Ict opening a wiP>dow 

Gail 10 sub-routine lor producing a time 

delay 

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scj'een and window and producing a 
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autorncremenl irstruclions lor copylr>9 the 
Fhbrary names and relumed library base 
pointers. Wilh a2 for mslance, which slarts 
orf holding Ihe address of the first library in 
■he list ol library names (DOS library), ihis '5 
whal happens: The move.l (a2}-i-,a1 inslnic- 
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holding -1 or. il an OpenLibraryO call failed, 
wilh ao holding 0 and d3 holding a loop 
count value belween A and 0. The importanl 
point uvith all Ihia, which you'll see il you 
trace through Ihe loop code, la that as soon 
as a library open error occurs Ihe loop quil& 
wilh regisler {b3) polnEing lo Ihe base ol Ihe 
library thai failed fo open^ 

To close any previously succeaelully 
opened libranes, ail we need to da is use a 
backward reading loop lo collecl the valid 
library poinlai^ already sicred in the Hbraiy 
base variables. When you enamino Ihe 
code on the CoverDrsk you'll see lhai the 
library closing loop has bean wriiien as a 
sub-ioutme This ts because Ihe code can 
be called under |wo different silualions - 
when Ihe program has mn wilhaul error and 
all iibranas need lo be closed, or wtien Ihere 
has been a library opening error and a lewsr 
number of iibranes need lo be closed 

By lesling the zero llag al the end ol [he 
library openirtg loop we can leli whether an 
error occurred and a condilHrnai beq instruc- 
tion then allows us to select either a normal 
or an ernjr e<il pathway if you find this, or 
the stack-based ailocationydeai location tech- 
nique, a iiltie awhward to follow then |ust 
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300 baufl modem, Compufink 
Informafion bX change wag created 
to nil a need which dfdn'l exist al the thma 
A lar^ syslem In the USA callBd the Byte 
InlorniBlion eXchange, or BIX, was the 
cenlral mealing place lor all computer 
types to mflst and lalk about Ehmgs which 
concerned Iham, or swap idess abojl what 
they were domg 

The poml ol BIX was thai it wa& sel up 
(0 hold conferences on differenl subjecls 
and allow file imnatar between BIX and 
users, and ol course between user and 
user. The lormat was eylmmely successful 
and dfdn'l go unriotiCEid on "hDse ^hores- 

The Inlernel wasn'l available to anyone 
who wasn't connected id a mamrrame, and 
BBSs, alihough prevalent, weren't central 
enough in Ihe UK to provide a UK-wide 
service for all computer types to log on lo 
and exchange ideas. Fidonel did provide 
£Dme connectivity to ihB oulslds world, bul 
the comms communily in Ihe UK Was 
looking for a locus, somewhere to live. 

HISTORY 

CIX slarled 10 years ago. In For 
fhoso o' you who can'l suLjIracI, and Was 
opflralB<f by the Compulmk User Group. It 
WHS injlially a BBS 3bI up by a gen I called 
Frank TTiornley primarily lo dislribule and 
share PD and shareware betweoo mem- 
bers ol Ihe group. Il grew and grew over 
Ihe years attraclmg more and mora mem- 
bers, who m luro brought more shareware 
into Ihe system. Ihus airracting mare 
mBmbera 

An Inlernel leed lor e-rr>ahl was added in 
198S, meaning lhar users could send mart 
over Ihe Internel, external mail it's called, 
10 users oulside the CIX hosi sysrem This 
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then) who could now e-malf anyone In ihe 
world who had an address The full 
Inlernel feed didn't appear unul 1992, 
when II became possrble to access anony- 
mcus FTP. B-ma]l, Gopher, and evon the 
early texl-based versions of World Wide 
Web. To bring us bang up lo the presanl- 
al Ihe end ol F^bmary this year Ihe ser- 
vice announced a Full Internel Ised with 
Ihe ability lo use graphics -based WWW 
browsers like Mosaic, 

Although Ihe system bears a striking 
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syaiam rurig, called CoSy, wrilten origrn^'' 
by the University of Guefph in I9B4 T' 
Blructura ol ClX is that you have a ni.-i' 
prompt, Irom whicn you can type a nuni'" 
ol things, torexample 

1 . The name ol a conference you have 
lolned and enter It 

2. The name of a conference you are 
not joined to and pin it. 

3. "mail" to access your e-mail directory, 
J "go internet" lo access the Internel, 
live, via FTP, le^nel or goplier etc. 

So basically you have a range of dlfTerent 



, Ono ol ihc reasons ClX caughl on big time was 
■■ that Its e-mail was so uselul. As If happened a lot ol 
i the early adopters and cemputar game wnlers took 
up with ClX early on as a means ol talking shop, 
and the trend caught on to Ihe degree that game 
developers, software houses, users and even 
Commodore got an account with CIX. E-mail, and 
Its file-sending equlvaJenl. bmmail. or binary mail, 
became Ihe most popular way of sending tiles and 
information around the counijy 

Bin ma 1 1 ^orks by allowing each user (o have 
their owri pnvale mall directorv on the system, and 
you can upload something to that directory and 



then l^nmaH it on lo another u&er of Ihe aystem. 
This is separate hom the normal tile transfer sys- 
tem, which involves certain conferences having file 
lists, or 'FLISTs' as they are catled In ClX parlance. 
In a FLIST everyone on the conference can down- 
load and upload to the list, whereas a pnvate mail 
directory can Qoly be accessed by the user 
concemed 

File transfer, as this was one of the reasons lor 
ClXa e:<lstence in Itie hrst place, is one ot the main 
reasons that CIX Is so popular Vou can download 
Irom one of the biggest collections of shareware 
and PD In Europe, and all lor Ihe pnoe ol a phone 



call to one ol the ClX nodes, Atlhough C\X doesn't 
have Poinis ol Presence llhe some systems, you 
can use the PSS system lo access the system 
remotely. You can even telnet m Irom the Internet, 
as some users do. from anywhere in the worSd, pro- 
vided you have an Internet account in your remote 
location, and you also have an account on CIX. 

So you Can be AOrking in the USA temporarily, 
bul you can still get onto CIX and take pan In the 
conlerences This was shown recently when a cotJ- 
ple ol ClX users who live and work in Japan were 
reporting Urst hand about the recent eajihquahe In 
the Japan conl, elmosi ae il happened. 



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clal 10 uae FlrMly \\ Is b^g, and has e lol of Tiles- 
SecondJy il conl-ims a lol of peuplE who create sofl- 
ware, hardware, megezinea, baohs and ulher stuff 
Ihal you consume. 

If you have any quesflans, auch as Dr> Ihe Inlernet, 
Ihen Ihere will be some evpeil on hand to help you 
out. II you know eboul some1hir>g then Ihis i& [hs 



plaice to help people who eren'l as mind-boggllngly 
clever as you and up lo your Olympian heighls ol 
InlellecL Also, CIX has off-line reader progrania, ol 
which there a^e mar>y Iot all hinds of machines. The 
CIX official OLR is ori ihe PC and rf's called Amaol 
The best Amiga one I have used is celled Niccia, and 
IS available m an evaluation version on CIX II allows 
you 10 log on, gel your messages and conferenco 
lists, and then log ofl a" aulomshcally, so you can 
Ihen read and respond lo messages m all Ihe confs 
you ara joinad lo without spending a fortune on the 
phorie. 



Eubjacis siruciured into conlerences lo 
which CIX sutiscribers can (oin The only 
exception is closed conferences, into which 
you car> or>ly bs invited by Ihe moderator 
of Lhal conference, h's like entering a 
room wheie a meeUng Is going on If ht's an 
open meeting you can walk righl m unhvil- 
ed. If il's a pnvate lalk. you had better keep 
out 

TOPICS GALORE 

I said a range of different subjects jusi 
now. but how many sub^ecls exactly? 
Coming up for 3,000, actually. Think ol a 
subject. There should be a conlerence 
devofed lo it. II Itiere isn't, the beauty of ll la 
lhat you can slan one and become a confer- 
ence moderalor This isn'l as hard as it 
sounds, and ycu can easily be a good con- 
ference mod in no tirxke. 

W IS a common thing for peaple lo gel on 
Ihe system and wildly creale a conference 
or Ihiee before lunch wiihcuE consLiliir>g any- 
Ijody, end these halt-Pakad conlerencea Ite 
about on Ihe system for a whMe before 
being zapped by the sysop^ - unlike 
on the lnterr>et where a newsgroup is 
foieverf) 

The best way around the problem is to 
consult with other people on the syslem. For 
Bxamplo. If you had an idea for an Amiga- 
based conference, you should start by ser>d- 
Ing a message to the 'amiga' conference, 
asldng rt there is a topic on any ClX confer- 
ence like the one you have m mmd. 
Obviously. II It already eKlata there is no 
point In dolF>g it again, and if nobody thinks 
It's a good idea then there is no point, as 
none ol your target audience for the "conf 
will be inlerested either. II, however, every- 



one ihlnks h's a good Idea and if hasn'l been 
done betore, ffien ofE to the moderator's 
blazer shop, at once. Vou are a 'mod.' No 
need for a scooler and a parka, though. 

The one coni that everyone la loined to 
IS clunews. Vou can't resign from clJinews 
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Moderating conFs is a r^Aarding experi- 
ence, but as J pointed out earlier it's no! 
sornething you Should |usl barge inlo 
doing A good moderator keeps a conf 
going by constanlly prodding people 
along to talk about things. answorlr>g 
que&1ion& on the auoject, if he or she 
happens fo be an expert, and keeping 
the fite Il3t£ up to date 

As a moderator you can crBBte a 
conlerence, choose and create Ihe 
'topics' in thai conisrenca. These are 
HKe virtual roorru within the conference 
area, devofed to aub-lopics about the 
general subject under discussion In the 
conl. Vqu can select a topic lo be a files 
topic, aF)d attach the FLtST fo lhal lopic, 
conlrnl wno staya on ihe conf, and can 
withdraw messages that are either olT 
Eopic or ollensive to other users. Vou 
can also make the conterenco closed if 
you Wish, which means lhat only paruci- 
panrg you wish to join can be Invoked, 

SENSITIVE 

This coufd be because the subiecl is 
a liltie aansitive, like homoseirualkEy, and 
you want to vef ihe participants halore 
they can conlnbule. Or it could be thai 
■he cent is a product support line for 
your so It ware or hardware, in which 
case you orily went regiaiered users 
involved. 

Vou might be discussing things 
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opers only, subjects which mlghl be 
secret from the pre&a or the public. Uhe 
the features of your new pnjduct, or 
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Vou can gel a full list of conferences 
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tem, even the ciosefl ones. They can be 
closed, but not invisible, Everytwie has 
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Beat The System 



F-ind cut Ihe final soluTion \o 
Dreamweh, Empire'5 violent and 
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Ail Terrain Racing 



It s Cricket 



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end." 

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has aulheniic mecha designs 

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Tanaka and corner with an episode of '' 
Stigmata, the new comic strip by Jirn Alexander 
and Steve Poller. 

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Reactivation Sho seeks revenge on the Guyvpr for the death of his friends in this 
last exciting instalment. 



In Gremlin's shadow 



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the Gladiators 

Steve McKevitt, PR Manager for Gremlin com- 
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ity of the Gladiators and the quality of Shadow 



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berng released in English by BJaik Legond. 

It a cDmpTeii trade limulalion thai takes you 
back lo th* time of Christopher Columbus and the 
days of Eonttnent discovering. It is your role lo 
establish trade, build colonies and transport 
goods- Vour ultimate goal 'n to becomg the most 
powerful and most widespread empire in the 
world. 

Up to four players can lake part and with the 
animated seqifenses and realistic historical graph- 
ics it promises to be an absorbing strategy game. 





'/ adtiw [ Manager 2 iflrlll pro /iilv plenty ot 
fMfti Mid flgui*i for iMfit^eniMf tans 



US Cold's hole In one 

Ll5 Gold alt planning 3 rrulti-farmat CD-tiawd launch wjith their new golf game. World Cup Golf Five for- 
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In conjunction wiiih software house ARC DevelDpmentE, the game has been created with Silicon Graphics 
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Hyatt Dorado Seach m Puerto Rico wh^re the World Cup of tookL place- Look forward to Morid Cup 
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Stats amazing! 

Despite bragging the most up-to-date data you 
rould po»ibiy vuant, Premier Manager i has 
inevitably become oul-of-dale - if only very 
ilightiyi But tear not because Gremlin interactive 
have come up vuilh a solution - The Muiti Edit 
Bynem This allows you to customise the game to 
your ovm liking and make II as up-io-the-minuie 
ai possible. 

Premier Managei 3 received rave review?; every- 
where and evei^ earned GO per cent and our Gold 
Award. And now for an extra tl4 99 you can 
ensure thai you have all the current factn and fiy- 
urp^ and the game persona I ised io your taste. 

You can edit any of the players m any way from 
morale and name to [□nlract length. Maybe you 
wilt want to cebuiit) the Divisions as leam^ get 
promoted nr rpiegatedn or add European clubs. 
You c^n even alter The name^ of Injuries your 
players get to more colourful onesl And if jou 



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fancy redesigning your teams liil, y*"" f^s" 

1t dliow^ you to be creative with the matches 
too, Design a Super League pitting t^ams-from the 
past with teams of today - who says you have to 
stick with the facts?! 



si 



The scores 
□n the doors 

A guide to how our revotutionary 
scoring system works.,. 

Wp're ture mtny at you are now famHiar with qui 
n«w (coring «y«t«irt, but for ittosm readirtg Amiga 
Computing for the firit time aod Ihote uvho might 
have forgotten eHactly how if wotbit, here i& oui 
guide to the Syflem scoring, err t^stem. 

In our opinion, review scores Have lost iheir fo"- 
texl as a pertentagi^, some products feteivir^g iCO'e* 
which were only a lew percentage $hort of being the 
"perfecl" game, when in truth they were only 
margiruMy above average- 

OK. » the Sforet might leem unndturaily 'ow al 
first, but lhal's only because other scoring tyjlems 
(end to be on the high tide and perhaps not ai 
comprehensive or honest as they could be 

in the long run you'l» receive a more concise and 
reacfer-orientaled review that's geared tow^rdsi the 
consumer 

O'lD This is given to the lowest of the low 

21-30 An ah^'Ound pool game that 
may have a single saving grace 

31^0 fuit below the average, perhaps 
let down by a few indiscretions. 

H%-S9 Games of this tcore are roughly average 
with 50 being a perfectly average Si.ore 



Thts is an above average game 
and is worth buymg, For this reason 
it would he awarded the SRONZE 
award. 





G7-77 A game o' high quality that 
you as a reviewer would have na 
re^rvatlon in recommending 
Anything ot this rlh inrould be 
awarded the StLVER award. 




elections 



Wondering whiEh nsw releases 
toerve a place In your ganes 
coHectjen? Vfonder nn more, 
as System goides you through 
the latest and gmatest we've 
i«fl recently- 



Sensible World of 



T^e interaction between the (acHts and Ihe transfers 
ju5t brilliant and m my mind SW05 ii Ihe world's first 
fooTball g^me thai hai managed to get a perfert bal- 
ance between a pure arqade game and a management 
simulation I had my reservation^ about yet another 
episode of Sensible Soccer, bul I've had tho^e firmly 
destroyed because SWOS is the best Amiga game thai 
maney (an buy 





Shadow Fighter 

Ae far as beal-'envup* go on the Arniga, I've 
been more than pleasantly surprised by 
Shadow Fighter. It could go Irom strength to 
strength after the reiease of the AG A version 
and finally talie Ihe beat 'em- up crown away 
from gam?& like Body Blows and Mortal 
Kombat, Shadow Fighter ii, quite simply, 
thumping good fun. 



Jungle Strike 

Amiga owners have waited a long 
[ime for Jungle Sfite to be con- 
verted, but their patiente has bepn 
rewarded With g game thai will lest 
iheir arcade and taaical skills to the 
limits With its impressive graphics 
and [he superbly designed game 
system, it could w?ll be the best 
chopper title ID date 




The all iUew World erf Lemmings 




Anyone who played the original game and liked it will 
lowe to get their hands on a copy of Piygnmis' latest 
oflering. It's what yciu might call a conglomeration of 
old and nprti. The old being (he original and incredibly 
addictive gaming concept, the new being the 
advances if> graphics and sound These (wo elements 
(ombined make far a np- roaring action-packed 90- 
level puzzler that |ust gcu better and better ihe more 
you play- 



This Is my first musical highlight ol and it's all 
thanks ici Core Design who have obviously got the 
intelligence to use snmeone who is skilled at creat- 
ing original pieces ot high quality music thai belong 
in the '90s and not the m. The graphics are very 
Impressive and ii'i obvious they've been created by 
someone with a love for science fiction films and 
comic books- For people wha are Interested in stab- 
bing that tke button as fast as po^slblen Skeleton 
Krew could well tie youf cup of tea. 



Skeleton Krew 




78-89 A brilliant titte, Deflrutely 
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Ey^eamweb Part 2 



The Gonduifing part of Sifstem's twD-part guiilG 



on ttDW Id cumplEte Empire's blood 'n' guts 



urtravagaiua. janatlianMaildocI makes his 



way thnnigb the final gory stages jest for yeu. 




top of the itreen tfiere are some lail- 
ingi Examine them and you'll be able 
to pkk up a brokers ^hflfd of railing. 
Walk right and you'lJ be 2ble to see the 
bosEhoutf, 

SECURITY 

If you u» the balcony at thit pclr;l 
fou'it activate the wcurity ^y^lem, gpt a 
Isier blan through the stomach and it'll 
he game over Ejcamme Ihe metal plale 
at the top ol the screen. Uw the metal 
pj^Te and Ryan will bm^h off ^ame of 
the sand to reveal an electntal Junction 
boi. 

Hie the metal plale with the rifling 



and the junction ban will open U&e 
your mug filled with Aiater on the boi 
and the security system wrll ihort-fiffUFT 
and explode Vou can noA use the hole 
to dimb up on to Ihe balcony Find (he 
hole in the window and dimb through 
it Id enter the boatJtauv. 

You'll find Underwood crawling 
along the floor lr> some considerable 
p^in as Mf her body is rniurng. Talk to 
her and once you've got infarma- 
ihon, put her out of her misery by 
shooting her m the head with your 
gun. Her soul WiW enter your body and 
once again you'll be transported to The 
Dreamweb. 



hree down ..three to go. After 
killing Sartdni you'll be trans- 
ported beck to the Dream^eb 
Talk to the Keeper and he'll 
tell you what voui ne^l objec- 
tive ij. Make your way out of the 
web by placing youi hand^ on the 
correct stone ddor \lte your key on the 
plinth and you'll be back in your own 
dimension. 

You'll find your&elf in a car park, 
where you must find The van with 
tarpaulin in the back of it Take the 
wire cutters (rom [he back oi the vehi- 
cle and then have a look in your inven- 
tory Head the papery that you stole 
from Sartam'i Crie+case. This document 
aIII tell you the Ahereabouts of 
Chapel and Underwood 

Urn go to Chapel's house Find and 
talk to the polkeman. Chapel's house 
has been bombed, but you musr find a 
way In N^ake your iivey back to the 
□I her Screen and then e^iamrne and use 
the wall Among the destruction youTF 



find e picture oi a church and more 
importantly, a blue cartndge. Take this 
netVi;ork cartridge and go back to your 
flat. 

Once you've made this journey, use 
your freshly-acquired certridge inside 
your network console. Logon as 
Beckett and enter 'Septimus' as 
your pa&sword Re^d whaf& on the car 
tndge and you'll find out where the 
church Js. 

Leave your flat and go to the church. 
Once There you'll find yoiir way 
blocked by a gate, but if you use the 
Wire cutters on it you'll be able to enter 
the lorecourL Voir ran try and Qpfn 
the wooden doori, but you'll find that 
they're lacked, so leave the church for 
now. 

Head back to Eden's flat and pidt up 
an ernpty mug from the kitchen and 
leave. Underwood's boathouse Is your 
nerft port of call Once you're there, 
eiamlne the pipe in [he water and 
then use it with the empty mug. At tbe 




. ' , .J ihe forHitor eemplea piekfng up thr itones 

sill Wpcti /<lj*f ificm In OiB etrt ta gain aeceti la the prloiT 



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TnudF t/ie baalhautr you'll tlfid i 

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The end? 



Dine inside The Dreamweb talk to irte 
<eepdr and he'lr ifII you whaT /our 
ncti objective is. Lncale the tarretl 
^Tone door and once again u« your 
*Ey on the plmlh lo be Iramporled 
Back to Eartlr. This time, vthpn you 
s^ahe you'll find vourtelf rurchei 
along the beach. Thii mlghi be an 
:deal lime ic have a look at youi 
'flvfntory and we Ahich objects fon 
JDn't need anymore Mofl oMlie tc>e- 
cHit items you've uwd previously {i.p 
qeycard^H pat&csrd^) can be thiav/n 
away, 

Go bath IQ the church and you'll 
^►nd that the dours are, miratulnu^ly, 
nowopen Enter the church, malV past 
the remains and find the altar. Take 
□oth tandlesticks and the white cloth 
□ft the flltai Try and use the altar and 
n i^jst won't budge. Examine the hole 
in the altar and you'll ^ee that s hand 
iVEfl fit insTde ii 

Walk back to the remain; and take 
the bony hand from the body. Uh this 
(land on the altar and then uie the 
aftar Itself With a great deal nf pffon, 
Ftyan wid ^hove the altar out of the 
way, revealing a hole In the floor 

Gq down the hole and eiainme the 
tomb. Use it and the ltd will pull back 
ID reveal tvuo red crystalSn a dagger 
anO a lock. Take alF of these 
items. There is a |ar 
Qeside the tamb. 



red crystal. 
There \i a itone design 
behind you on the floor with three 
hules in iL Place the three red crystals 
into The appropriate holes and a hid- 
den door wilr open avowing you to 
leave the tomb. Have a lock around 
the corridor and you see that your way 
IS blocked by a gate. 

Head to the top of the torridor and 
examine the statue. Use the statue and 
a pufzie wiFI appear in front of your 
eyes Vou must rotate the symbols to 
match the one which appears on you^ 
Dreamv^eb hey Thi^ design qan be 
found In the Diary of a Madman which 
comes free with the game, but lo ;ave 
you the time, the lop half of the sym- 
bol looks like 3 semi-circfe with three 
spokes Jutting out from It, Ahile the 
bottom half isaplam semi-circle. 

Once you've matched the two sym- 
bols, correctly push the crystal m the 
lop of the statue. You'll hear the gale 
open In the distance, Walk through 
the gate and to the end at the 
corridor Vou'U find a door 
at the bottom left 
of the screen 
which 



iiave a 

mside 

and 



look 



Vay'll 
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requires a triangular key of some klr^d 
Go up and you'll find a trolley. 
Walk around the corrrdor complex and 
you'll see loads of rocks scattered 
around Pick them up - there should 
be etght (including the one from the 
tomb) in all Once you've found them 
all, place them in the trolley. 

Use the trolley and FIyar> will give it 
an almighty push and it'll fly off the 
screen towards the door The screen 
will shake and you'll hear a crash 
Walk down towardi the door and 
you'll find that it's now open. Walk 
through the door and head through 
the left-hand passage and up the 
stane steps 

You'll find the prlestn but he't 
already changed from human form 
into something else and all you 
can find are hjs alien 
remains 
However, 




your attention must now 
turn to Beckett the 
psychopath. 

Force yourserf through 
[he smalt hole which llei 
directly to your right. You'll 
(ir>d yourself in a storernomi 
move left and somehow you're 
now inside a subway Go upwards and 
make your way on to the actual train 
track Head north until you find a gap 
in the left-hand wa" Go through It 
and you'" Bump Into Beckett. 

After talking lo tne madrrian hp will 
Try to kill you Run back towards the 
door and luie Beckett on to the train 
track. A subway tram will run him over 
and you'll be whisked off to the 
Dream web for the last limp. All thats 
left fo do IS sfl back and watch the end 
seguence because you've now com- 
pleted Ihe adventure. 



Thr llnal enrDunter In 




hen Diggen dmved OA the ^mall itrcen 
in l»« I loDk Id il like a duck ta 
Adler, but what abouf everybody else? 
Gdmcri enpetl.iHont had bt*n raised 
due Id the tact Ihdl thU Adt Ihe fifrt 
produ<1 to appear on the C03? 
No amount ot good r«viewi or ddve'liiing 
(ould'VG compplPd with that flmouni of hype- 
When Diggers rindlly arrived people eiipecled 
some kind of gr.iphics ^nd muMC ipe(tAtki\st and 
unlorlunately, dlThough Dtgger^ looks good it 
i«n'1 that good! 

Bi»rrely< a Tol ol pCDpTe made (ompariiom 
between Diggpr* and the legendary game of 
temmings, all of wh.th were lerribly unjust- 
Oiggen may have InoVed like PsygnoiiV sumde- 
j-thon d\»e 10 ihc siis of the (ha ratters, but In 
terms o* gamcplay i< *as i tomplelely dltterent 
matter altogether Mlllenniuni't d»g->ni up WAi 



certainly more cerebral, plut you had the advanlage of 
bem^ able 1o do uvhalevpr you vuanted 1o due to the 
open structure of the g3me- 

Orlglnalily alone should'ire been the key to Diggofs 
sutcesi, and although H was patkaged free with the 
il didn'i do amazingly well in the sales depart- 
ment' Ihii ii a real shame because everyone 31 Systeni 
lik«d it, espeiiaMv the soundtrack - a wonderful 
chilled out ambient masterpiece, making It a vtry 
retaHing game to play- 
Millennium hatfe relumed to the once more. 
They've got a copy of Ent radon clutched in thoir 
5weaty mitts and hopefully this time around, more 
gamers can eupcnence the sequel to one of the most 
und«r-rated games ever created. 




Extractors 




Ektractms is iei ^SO years on from 
the original game At thi^ time, a 
race of crealufes perfectly evolved 
tor the Job of diggirhg appeared from 
some disum planet The Zargonian 
Wineral Tradmg Authority saw this 
fich opportunity arise and immedl- 
atelv employed them to extract 
lewels and fuel from tlie planet. 

The newlv employed aliens 
worlted so ^ell that soon the mlne^ 
became e*hausTeil snO if began to 
cast the ZMTA more money rhan 
they had bargained for There v^ere, 
lutfcily, a few more places where tfie 
land was rich In jewels and fuel - the 
Floating Lands 

These huge masses are inhabited 
by the Fllnarj, a peacelul race whn 
built machines to alfow their land to 
float in the sky to avoid belrig con- 
stantly attacked by the Quarriors. 
ZMTA tried to take the lands by 
force, but they're protected by an 
enormous shield. 

The shield is powered by 2« gener- 
ators, all of which have to be 
deEtroyed to enable the ZMTA atcew 
to the lands. Vou must travel from 
floating i^Dild to world, finding and 
destroying the shield generators 
iwhile, at the Eame lime, succesifully 
mining enough fuel and ca^b in 
order to gel to the ne<t land. 





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Mondwrtvl pielure at Ih^t totr^n. 



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and ablUtifs v/Wie^i trf ofdyin^. 
di/ltr htftlf tor Ihm Ejrf r'tfon 
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Yov nDW ftawe Itiimv hOibi of diggrrt rn uliooie from. Ihv hmbbltf* 
Mrr Hill tn 11' game, bur rhry're nouv Join^ti fit Sti'ils arnf Raiadm 




Ihr /MTA. If •! JiH or doat fi* look llkm 
Ovli Marra Irom Iho Day Todiyl 



One of Diggers best features was its blissful 
ambient soundtrack. It was the best piece oi 
music I'd heard all year and I'd quite happily 
let the game play on iti own lUst to listen lr. 
rt. 

Musically, tittractors isn't guile as dazzling 
as its original counterpart. There lEn't a spe- 
cific tune that plays while you do, but there 
are a number ol sound effects that add d 
certain suspense to the game. 

There's a fair amount of speech within ihc 
game For instance, whenever you enter the 
trading centre a character will tell you 
eiactly what's out of stock, The animated 
introduction also includes some diglliEed 
narration which makes the game seem 
almost like a fairy-tale. 

To sum up the sound. In some aspects it's 
far better than the original game, but in olh 
ers It's far worse. The mcluEion of more hig*i- 
guality digitised speech is a definite plu[, 
point, but the loss of The chill-out soundtr at k 
IS a big Ihumbsdown. 

The new minimalist themes within thc- 
game are OK, but they're nowhere near a^ 
good as the original soundtraclt and due ru 
this little factor EKtractors hss lost some of 
its atmosphere. 

A System remedy Is at hand though. 
Switch on your CD player, slap on The Orb's 
Adventures Beyond The Uhrawortd or future 
Sound of London's Ufeforms and hey presto, 
instant ambieni atmospherer 




Extractors, si ll did last Hrre ^rcund, laei 256 tolours throughout the whole game. Bwn 
itatit title ureeru are very impieHive - &/en more ^othan the ones found in the urigmal 
Diggers adventure Jufl have a glanreatthe page to adrn ire just how good they are 

Other graphical features Indude sii totally different terrain types, &arh Arth nvm 
itK of anirndlioris, tolour ryding effem arKl para^laned background^. These varied levels 
are all ea^y on the eye and they're ^o dislificliwe that it leels as though you're playing an 
entirely now game everytime you progreu onio the neit level. 

Millennium ^ere the first cofTipany lo u^ dhgltised seqLier>ce« tjf film Withlri their 
gan>ei. Vou rr>u5l remember Ihe animation used in the CD version of Robocod. Extrartors 
has Fli own animated wquenteE that pop up between and dunng leirel^. 

These rendered sequences were all created using 3D-^ludlo and looli very nlie indeed 
nrtners ^vho own the Full Motion Video (arindge will get Ihebest out of these a ni- 
mathorts, but having said that, Iheydo look quite good without thp need for the add^on. 

The game certamly looks a lot sharper and more colourful than its original cour>ter- 
part. Overall I tan do nothing but compliment the graphic artisH for the 
superb work they've done on Eittracton. 



H fou comr up 

pmbl^mf or 

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fitvm i quKk 

M* asmhil 
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Hey, I remember you, weren't you 
the first game to appear on that 
new tangled CD3^achine? Well, 
no I'm Mfactually, but watcb as 
Jonathan Haddock, wrth sfiovel in hand, 




his way tlin)y|lijill(i(uiiuni's sequel 




Allmr atftroying 
sne til the 2A 
shield gonprj tora, 
ixllwdmfi tfie fuel 

I CMn now mike my 



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J loved Diggers, but due to the type of game it was 
(h?) you had to me ihsl part of your body called your 
braJn I know rl wasn't a mindlessly violent shool-'em 
up or a sfCkpjiingly cute platform ef, and I know It 
takes anything from 3D minutes to an hour to com- 
plete a level, but Ihii was nn reason [o bE>nith Diggers 
from our gaming world, never to be seen or heard of 
^gain. 

Diggers had Its faults though. The levels were a bit 
too open-er>ded and left you wandering about, same- 
times clueies^ly, for ages. Extractors ts different - 
you've now got several specific tasks to achieve and 
thanks to this, the game as a whole becomes far more 
focused and enjoyable to play Wew feature'such as 



JUnrfr ihat ol /Mir 
totnw ot Ihw various 
Mis of r^lpmtnt 
yau htiy from 

to help •ftvrovt 
yOm dSggwri 



The trahTng \fvii\. new characters and the healthy 
return of an inter^ctrve book all go towards making 
Eitractors a highly polished product, 

There are literally thouiandi of hours of play con- 
tained wrthin the game, so rt's not going to be some- 
thing you'll tire of easily It is fairly hard to get into 
at first and not everything seems straightforward, 
but play it for a week {not constantly, you're not that 
sad I) and you'tl grow to like it. 

Entractors will appear on the CD?2 only, as it's 
impractical to try and make il work on the iDwer-end 
machines. Luckily, AlJOD and A400D owners with a 
compatible CD-ROM drive will also be able fo 
experience the wonderful worlds just like their 
Owning chums. 

When Diggers arrived on the games scene it 



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literally Blew me away due 
to the time dT the release 
and the newness of the 
end although tech- 
nicalry Extractors Is a far 
better game, it sf ill won': be 
a piece of software that'l 
appeal to everynne. 

Extractors rs graced with some of the 
best graphics I've ever seen for this type of game and 
Its packed to the brim with more addictive gamepl^y 
than you can possibly cope with 

Fans of Diggers wi4l no doubt be interested in 
Eictrattcws, but I hope that MJHennlum gain a few 
more fans through this release and people don't 
ignore It this tlTte arou/td. 



I mi 



OhE b«t1 just 901 even hetlerl II 
laundi a bit of a sweeping ifate- 
menl to make bul believv me tX'i 
true Giemlin Inttractive'i ««ellenl 
beai-'em-up sinved in the otfice a 
couple of mantht back and we were 
9Db%ma(ked by it then Then thi* morn- 
ing A« got a my^tecious brown envelope No it 
wasn J Gareth'5 uiual ujpply of Foreign Art' 
mar^a/ines either, it was tn fact Shadow 
Fighter, enhanced tor fh* AIJDO and AOOOO 

Now f he original received 80 per ceni and a 
Platinum Awafcf, which believe me, we don't 
hand around lightly, to it had lo be lome- 
iHing really special lo get thi*. Not only that, 
bul *n th« tame >siue It beat oft iti 



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INTRODUCTIDN 



(hallenger, Mortal Kombal 2. by a thuinping 
IQ per (ent. Why"' you may asV- Then read on. 

The itory behind Shadow Ftghter im'J all 
that original bul it givet an arm to iHe game. 
To cut a long story ^ hort the Shadow Fighter 
was A Wlh tentury Samurai who gol a iittle 
on the greedy side. After killing of some of 
his own kmd, hi* punhshment for hi* had 
deeds was eternlly as one of the walking 
dead. Needier to say, he starts to regret this 
a bit and announces a challenge to any 
fighter to see if they tan beat his formidable 
fighting ikills- 




There isn't a greal OeaI of difference between 
thif vtrsfon dnd the original a^ regards sound. 
This is because ihere doesn't need lo be. 
Shadow Fighter has an eicirerrely ^rong sound- 
track with plenty of variety. H doe^n'l |usl stop 
al one lune throughout either - the hghti aie 
acfompanked with a variety of musit. Loud, 
pounding Tunn and a fast dance track fit in well 
with the pace. 

The sound effects are the u^ual yelp^ and 
thumps but t+iey work well enough - and there 
IS quite d nice efectroculion effetti 



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Although Shadow FIghler may not have looked 
as hoi as its rivals, it really surpaised them in the 
pl&yability department. And now even ihii 
slight grumble has been more than retlified 
Z56 colour graphics really enhance the look of 
the game and detahi, m both the backdrops and 
the character^ add enormously to the visuals. 

I must admit, f lilied the graphical style of Ihe 
original anyway It wasn't as gory as Mortal 
Kombal 2 (althnugh it did have [he op lion lo 
I urn blond effect on and off) bul ihe Special 
Moves made up for this. High, lightning kicks, 
lileclrocutions and slick throws and punches 
□oked spe^atular, and it's just an extra bonus 
'.hat this tan be seen in full AGA 
gliHy. 



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OPINION 



Never trust the quiet ones, that's what my Mother 
told mp floyway And In thi^ case it's true. The big, 
brflEh Mortal Kambats, Ri^e of The ftnbots and 
^haq-Fus were bjtksd by huge advertising cam- 
paigns, shouting itie odds. But it was the quiet one 
"1 Ihe corner thai came along and had lhe« other 
fealher/^eights begging for mercy. 

Ehadnw Fighter really was Ihe surprise coo- 
lender that stole the show. And now if you're 
lucky enough lo hawe an A1?00 or AAOOQ, an 



enhanced version can be yours. 

The joystick conlrols work like a dream and spe- 
cial moves are easy To carry out after a IllUe prac- 
tice This provides longevity and irr^fi^e some other 
beat-'em-ups, they don'i require a ridiculous 
amount of manoeuvres to work. 

Another nice addition rs Pupazj - the iraimng 
puppet. This allows you 10 try all your moves 
before you get battered In the real thing' The 
many different fighters wtll keep you battling for a 
long time yet and i^ilh a dala disk co-itainlng eight 
new fighters in the offing, you're promised hours 




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of entertainment. 

Shadow Fighter excels 
in all departments The 
added bonuses m this 
version, such as being 
hard disk Installabie ar>d 

having enhanced graphics, make this a highly rec- 
ommended Title. It's a credit To NAPS and Giemlm 
that they have found a way To cater for both 
the A500 and the AL2Cia, and whatever your 
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dmltiedly, I'm rtot t*^c world * g*efll 

W«1 punle 'an. In fact when Hubik's 
Cubes wvre In 1 \mt i1 fOitiplctely and 
ended peeking off alt th« coloured Squares 
in order lo ioke The darn thingr So I felt a Ut- 
ile daunted whvrt thti late«l punte offering 
arrived tourte^y of PsygrKisIs, 

De&pilE dkSlufbing memoriet of poinllptt, 
trivial puriles that Involve pushing b'>U of 
coloured tiles jiround ir\ order to move 
another colour next to Ihe tame colour, I 
decided 1o give the game a chance. And pleas- 
antly lurpriied I wai loo... ihl* one had a 
point to it'. 





PIAVABILITV 



X-IT 1^ ALthoul a doubt 3 pure 
piijjier The objetl ii to escape 
edch of the ma?fs by using the 
blocks. Each type hai ditterenl 
propprties that will either help nr 
hinder you ancj you'll have to fig- 
ure out how to use them la your 
advai>tage. 

Eaf h level ha^ a lime limit and a 
different lempeffllure whuh may 
affea the hloclu. Foi pAample, an 
(ce blcick in a hot Jevel must be 
UKti quickly before it melts. 3ome 
stages have bomb* which e^pJode 
m B certain time, and you have tu 
move the bomb to flheie you 
want It to explode to gain I'^e 
most beneficiaJ effect. 

The hJotfc^ ^11 have different 
weights tQOn '•0 with a Light- 
weight one you won't have a 
problem pushing two around at 
the wme Time, but a medium one 
tan only be pushed nn il^ own. 
Heavy blocki tan only toe moved 
wnh wheels 

Othei blocks include Magneto 
which repel ^leel blocks In the 
opposite direction, and teleport 
blotks which allow you lo frani- 
poft blocks 10 other area^. Thu is 
all straighlforvuard enough - until 
VOU come across the obstacle*. 
Glue, lor in^ance, will *top ^ome 
blocks passing. Radiation blocks 
are dangerous and should be 
avoided, ^nd Ice makes blocks 
difficult to control 

Finally the bonus game Is a 
giESt diversion where you get lo 
fly your shuttle pod up fo the 
spacecraft to reach the nem level, 
collecting as niany e>ilra points 
you can 



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Hold on, bear 4vilh me, it's a bit of a itrange one 
Ihii. Bill i* your regular kind of guy. Thai i* until he 
walks b^ck from the fi*h and chip ^hop and comes 
face to face wiTh an alien who fthiiki him hacittoa 
spaceship 

The aliens want to tarry out an eiperlnTent on 
Bill ^0 Ihey can find out vital information dbout 



Intelligence (or lack of It) on Earth. If it turn* out he 
ii rather on the dim *ide, they'll invade Earth - if not 
the planel of Utsa Minor Gamma, whose inhabitants 
are norte too clever, will be attacked instead. 

5o they put him in a maze [□ see if he can escape 
their traps in the allotted lime - if he doem'l then 
Earth will be doomed. 




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X-IT isn't the mo*t gj-flphically advanced of title* but 
considering the nature of the game, it doesn't need to 
be ' I mean how much can you aaually do to make a 
vr^u ally amazing block game? 

The overhead view li effective In showing all the 
action and (he graphic* dearly *how what'E going on. 
The sprite, although quite dinky, ^hows some nice 



animation and avoids being cutesy, and the back 
grounds for the alien*' tab diange so you get some nice 
variety even though they won't knock your eye^ out. 

The blocks you have lo manoeuvre are easy to tell 
apart which is pretty es*ential when you are racing 
agairt*i the clock. Some of the colours are a little on the 
garish side but it does bnghlen Ihingi up and at leait 
The main screen is uncluttered, leavmg you free to 
concentrate on gameptd.y- 



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AbE lev* Ihvi'piJipon 




Tina HaiAett dons her 
thinking cap as she takes a 

look at Psygnosis' new 
piiuler. "Just send me to a 
home for the bEwildered" 
she cried as they strapped 
her intn a straight jacket. 




X'fT takes iome of t^e oFdest, aim- 
p\sii puzzle concepu and imm thpm 
inTo a rrodern and interesting adap- 
tdtion. The basic black (liiftlng idea is 
limildr Id Jetta or the iile shifting 
numbe' gam^^ (often found in den- 
Tisl's waiting rooms I) Bui this lakes 
ths *dea 1g a n^w level a« It a lot 
rrnre to it than these rather re pel i- 
Xive games. The jj^clusion of a missian 
also give^ more of a point to ihe pro- 
ceedings, f'm not knofkmg Telris and 
the like bf any means, but it's good 
10 see sorrelhing That goes a lot 
iurthei. 




OPINION 



Okay, I w«n't that fond of puz^lei^. A lot of them arc jidl 
loo fepeimve, but for some strange reason I enjoyed N-IT It's 
jint one of thou games that has elusive qualities to make you 
ipvanl to ipturn for yet anniher go. Yes, it lure as hell is 
frustrating, but it reaMy rs addictive. 

The bonu!i leveln 3i mentioned beforp, 'n $ i^ke addit[cin 
because it gives you a break from ail the puzzling - it gives 
your brain a welcome resti A paisward ty^em ii also a very 
good {and oeteaary) addition This or>e is particularly helpful 
as it Is easy to operate and the passv^rds are given out after 
every level completed, noEju^ afler every lengthy stage. And 
if you get stuck on a particular part you can ship 't and go 
back later - there are no irriEating dead end^ whkh Ivave you 
stranded svhrle your brain frantically cidc^ away. 

X-1T may not be the most astonishing gdrrw In the unlverK 



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The mu^>C that run^ throughout the game a Ifvely 
dance tune, ^t's no) parikcularjy original and you 
won't find yourself humming along lo IT biil it 
does do nsjob and doesn't grate too much. 

Sound effects are rather sparse though and ft 
would have benefited the game if some witty sam- 
ples or al least something {anything] rr^ore could 
have been added What there is i^oliay, such as the 
explosions and The occasional movmg block noise, 
but I feel a lot more could have been done It's the 
son of game where good effects would have really 
made an exceptional title. 



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but what it lacks In 
graphics and hi-ieCh 
effects, It more than 
makes up for in sheer playa- 
bility The many levels wi 
keep even ihe most expen of puz- 
zlers Decupled for a good while 

The puzzles start off easily, gradually introducing the dif- 
ferent elements of the game, but at the hardest level things 
get really toughl It'^ not a game Thai can be rushed 
through m five rninutes flat but at the same time, jI has a 
very satisfying progress level 

Puzzle fans will love this, and even if you aren't - well, 
I'd still recommend you tate a loot because this really is an 
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^(art to feel something amlH (I'i not 
that Ihe muaic Is had bul it really doesn't 
fit in with [he gameplsy - it's far loo 
remaning and doe^ nothmg lo 's'ne 
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blessing. The Eound effects are quite 
acceptable though. The motorbike on the 
first level is reasonable and there are some 
goad tnlliiion sounds. The reit nf the 
effecTi are quite irnp^es^ive with a weriely 
of enploiions, Qun bla^i and the like. 




To Eay J was disappninlEd 
would be an undeislalemeni 
Bewu^e of the reputation of 
the film for its lop quaLity 
animation, I was eipecllng 
wmelhmg quite ^petlat- This falli 
far short of even half-way detent 

The game starts with a very impressive (if 
rather shoft) anfmation Which works weiL and then we're 
into the game. Vou immediately realise there is something 
very wrong because the main iprHe ie tiny and really tould 
be absolutely anyone - even though you can play Kenada 
and Tetsuo, two central charaaeis from the (ilm. 

Some of the nighimare scenes with the toys and rabbit 
creatures have been included, but Ihe origrnal horror ha^ 
gone complelety and it now seems quite laughable. The 
graphics have lost their diatinctive Akira ^tyle and look very 
basic and dated- Some of the backdrops woiiid look at 
home in any lypiial cliche platformer and the atmosphere 
from the film is lo^t. 

To its credit thougis, before each section there is an 
excellent animation taken from Ihe actual film These build 
up the storyline as you go along and are a nice touch. (I's 
|ust ^uch a shame the in-game graphics don't matd^hi^s 
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The game has had quhte a big build up and because It bore the 
name Akkra, l really was expecting a good title. All hopes were 
well and truly dashed I'm afraid The graphics are poor and the 
gameplay doesn't work as well as it should 

Different aspects oi the film have been incorporated To provide 
a varied pbymg style: The motorbikes give an obstacle course 
objective, the seweis test your piloting skills as vou fly around 
shooting the enemies and avoiding the traps, and other parts were 
used tor more of the usual platformer levels. This was a great 
concept but it Just didn't come across. 

The levels are designed lo provide manimum fru^tfaTion rather 
than just longevity, and It wasn't long before I was tearing my hair 
out. To Ihose who persevere I'm sure some enjoyment could even- 
tually be gleaned, but quite frankly I wasn't that way inclined. The 
in-game music made me feel drcwsy, the poor graphics Ijecame 
tedious and l fell rather cheated by It all. 

I wanted to like the game it sounded new and criglnal but 
unfortunately U wasn't If you're a true Akira fan you'll enjoy the 
clips of film animation and Ihp way the game incorporates the plot 
and the characters - bul even Ihen, you're sli" left with some vei^ 
dated gameplay. This could have been a great license which should 
have been eiiploited To the full. A shame 





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he r>obJ« tpori dI tenpin 
boAling i\ fl game gieat 
alrlll detFrmination Vdu wiinl 
praot? Only th« oXfsfi Oay ' ""'^ 
s«archmg through Ihe various 
satellite channels trying to find 
tom^lhing o' sitghl Interetl to 
watch. Making my way into the 
farogn section I neticvd that (he 
tenpin world bowling cl>an>p<^ 
onihip uvai on- 
Stopping in my remote control 
tracks while an over ejitltable 
cammenfdior squealed something 
intelligible into his microphone, I 
was dfna'ed at juti how many 
peopie were at the arena support- 
ing this so-called ^porl. 

The two tlrtal contender^ d\i- 
played a toial lack of iX^lt and 
dress sense and sporled the wortt 
two mauslachet L have ever seen 
in my lite, but my god could Ihey 
ptay fenpini Detpitc the fact they 
looked Jike iate '7D'i porn stars, 
strikes rapidly became common- 
place arid li was a rare occurrence 
if (hey d'dn'I knock 4ll the pins 
down with two balls. 

By Ihit time 1 was getting more 
and more irito ihit lenptn bowl- 
ingymoustache lark, and when this 
TV extravaganza finished I 
yearned for a freli down to my 
local bowling arena - but there 
was something stopping me- 

WAYWARD 

I have been ten-pm bowling 
vnce and it was one of Itie mosi 
embarrassing moments of my 
whole life. Whike pulhng back my 
arm to lei Ihe ball go hurrling 
down the alley for a certain stntie, 
I managed (o actually throw the 
ball bacbAards 

Least to say, the people stand- 
ing behind me were not 
impressed and I didn't evditly 
embratv tenpin with loving arms 
ever again. The oiher reason why 
I'll never play the infernal sport 
again is Ihote crap blue and red 
shoes you have to wear. Not only 
hdi some aweaty footed goon 
worn Ihem before you, but any 
hind of credibility you might've 
had flies ot/l of the window with 
the greatest of ea&V- If I had 
wanted to look Mhe a clown I 
would' ve joined the ctrcus! 

Team 17 hai^e now decided to 
release Kingpin, heralded as the 
definitive lenptn bowlmg simula- 
tion, and this means I can play the 
sport once more without tpar of 
embarrassment and without The 
need to wear the crap shoef- 
Hurrah! 





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Anyone eiipectlng a Top-noKh quality movie ujundlrack, 
a raging dance lune orjuEE aboui dny goad tune you un 
think oF to appear In Kingpin may at well give up now 
and go home- 

A game lilie Thi; demands a certain type of musical 
backing. A cheesy tune i^ required and Kingpin's musical 
mlroduct^on Is |ust about pure Gorgoniola, It'i not my 
cup of tea, but if you're tad enough to like computer 
game munif tfien you'd probably (lite it- 

(gnnre the soundtrack and move on lo the game 
because what Kingpin lack^ m musical Sast? n more than 



made up for In the sound effects department. &ft back 
and turn up yourTV/momlorio you can let yflur earttake 
In all the sounds. 

Hark, you can hear cither tenpm games going on in the 
background and even announce merits from the recef^- 
tionlst can be heard. Sal of all is when you evenlu^lly ger 
to throw your ball doAn the alley. Listen at your ball hiti 
the polished wooden floor, rollt -towards the pins anfl 
&ma&hes them all over the ptace. 

The sound effects are all absolutely brilliant and I 
nan't praise them enough as they give Kingpin oodles 
of atmosphere. 





Take a qui(k peek at ihe screenshm^ datled around 
\hp page. On the surface everything quit? 
bland, but that \i pred^ly the beauty and paint dI 
the graphlH. Bland rrtght not be [he right woid 
because the dttual backgrounds dnd )prit€& are 
wel^ dra^n and fit into this type nf game perfectly. 

What I mean \i Kingpin doein't have fancy ren- 
dered graphics displayed In 256 colours to distract 
you from the aii-impartant gamepiay. What you 
see before you could be described as looking 
slightly pJdfn, but it lets you ^et on with the pb of 
knocking down pins which n what the game i« all 
a bout- 
It's fairly hard to tell you ahnut the graphical 
side of things when there lir>'t much to enplain 



Touches such as the ability to change the colour of 
your bowfing shirt aren't thai interestrng, but they 
all add up to sho^ that a fair amoiint of effort has 
been spenl on the product 

Although It shouldn't be In ThJ* particular box, 
there 'a s rather firie replay option which can be 
accessed right after you have struck some pin^ 
dovkin, by holding down the ffre-button for a cou' 
pie of seconds Lovingly re-created m slow motion, 
this feature gives you ideal opportunity to brag 
about /Our strikes and spares in great detail- The 
graphical element added to this faature is a ternfic 
white 'R' which flashes in the corner of the screen, 

See, I'm boring you now- fiaslcally, the players 
are weN-anfmaled, the pins look good, especially 
close-up, and the screen is uncluttered and vwell- 
presentedr 




Strike a light, I'm going spare. Team 17 
have planed me down with another 
hadget ottering that's bound to bowl 
me ouer. Jonathan Maddack continues 
with the sad gags and takes a look 



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Tenpin boviiling is an indoor sport v»ihich first became popular in 
North America- As in skittles, Ihe object Is to bowl a baH down 
an alley at pkns {ten a^ opposed to nine in sl:i1tlesj. The game is 
usually played betvireen rwo players orieams- 

A game of tenpins is made up of len 'frames'. The frame is the 
bowler's turn to pUy and In earh fiaiTte he or she may bowl 
twice. One point is scored for each pin knocked down, with 
bonus points for knocking aH ten pins douvn In either one ball or 
two tstrihe or a spareK The player or team making the greater 
score wins the game. 

The game of ninepins was introduced to America by Dutch 
Immigrants In the 17th century- By the end of the 19th century, it 
was very popular as a gambling game on ihe streets of New Voik 
Consetjuenlly, the game was ouilavijed and in fact the eiitTa pin 
was added just to get round the law. 




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I'm happy to report that Team 17 have struck again- For |usl 
under £1] I challenge you to find a game that performs as well 
as Kingpin It may not boast graphics that blow the mmd away 
or tunes that make your ears bleed, hut it spurts a superb array 
of lound effects and most important of all, it is packed full of 
top-notch qualily gameplay and addiction, 

I've been talking about the bog-standard game of Kmgpin, but 
there are plenty of options such as the spares game where you have 
to hit a Single pin - this sharpens up your bowfing accuracy Mulli-player 
games work just as wefl as the single game and yon can play agajnst other n.,rnans nr ihi 
computer, Thpse features all go lo give the game that bit Of PJttra life to stop you from 
getting bored 

Fven if you don't like tenpin howling you're going to get a lot ol satisfaction out of Team 
17's latest offering. It's not one of those games you'll play for hours and hours on end, but if 
yau ever need (o play something for a short period of time then I'm sure you'll ho reaching for 
Kingpm Vei another superb Success for the Teamsters and is there anyone out there who is 
prepared to give them a good run for their money? 



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DOtbdN crazy, tonTball mad, weVe eo many 
fnoty managemeni gamra. \ti ihe niD« we've 
ever had." 5ee, il rhymes And it's alwj true 
There are so many dilfereni fooibah games oi> 
the Amiga nosv you mav wondering if we 
need yet another - specially anolher manage 
ment one. Well, we do! 

FcoibdII IS fni^ver (hanging ya knoWn and lo be on 
the leading edge you have to constanlly update yer 
products, Incorporaling ^11 the new reams, all Ihe new 
features and anything el^e ynu can cram in. Let us remi- 
nisce. ..Championship Manager, Premier Manger, 
Tracfciuit Manager, On ihe Ball, Tactual Manager 
Millions of them, and they breed Data disit follows data 
diilf, update after update. Ant) neceaary they are too, 
becauw at the rale football move? on, you have to have 
alllhe latest Jacli and ligurn. 

And very soon there will be another one clamourlrkg 
lor youi caih Talting Birds, the development team 
Iwhind Tactical Manger, have taken heed of wtial you, 
the players, think and have added a multitude of 
tnnovalive ideas to their sequel. 

Firstly, Tactical Manager 2 looks slighify djffereni 
from the norm. Take Manga and miji it wilh Manager 
add this IS whfll you gel! The tharatters used add a 
really nice and original touch with a Manga-esqne style 
and cartoony efferts. The main action screen li wiell set 



out [DO and will make accessing option* easy. From here 
you will have all ^orts of features Lo fake your team to 
(he top. 

Simple drop-dov^n jnenus allow you lo lake charge 
easily and icon selettion rs only a click of the mouse bul- 
lon away, n sountfa pretty trivial but It's going to make 
the game far more accessible - who needs to plough 
half way Ihraugh agame lo 'ound out all the ifltal facts 
You'll also notice that the difficulty level has been 
incieased Being manager now means having to make 
sure your team's morale doesn't Hag. H you leave players 
□ut □! the team Ion long or don't renew contracU you 
may (ind players not reaching their potential A random 
element has been included however, so players dropped 
lo The reserves may see their fitness improve - it wilt pay 
to keep a close eye on dll the squad. 

The computer teams are more mielligent too and will 
make use of th^s feature They will select better forma- 
tions and have shrewder 
tactic, such as time wasting, 
and their choice of substitu- 
tions will be more exact 

Those who played the 
original will remember the 
nler-manager cheal Don't 
expect lite to be so easy this 
timel This allowed a human 
player lo sell a player under 
value to an accomplice, to 
boost his bank balance 
Now if you sell a player loci 
high you are likely to gel a 
capital gams taA bill but ■! 
you sell too low, Johnmg this 
club later lands you with 
ar^ extra legal bill - so now 
this little trick becomes 
^omplptety pointlesSr 

The shfrt selection sysfem 
mako selecting the lina-up 
easier By clicking on the 



shirts you can move them to exactly the position you 
want them m ^within logical limits) Many other details, 
like the facility to enter your own pool forecast or 
check on last weeVs coupon, will please stats fans. 

Scouting for new players is easy too. A detailed 
breakdown of ihe player is given so you'll have all the 
Info needed to make your decision. Then ynu put in 
your bid and see if it's accepted. Remember though, 
that top players are unlikely to accept ofers from 
smaller clubs. 

The many cup and league matched can be easily 
accessed and you'll have to bear in mmd that in the 
European competitions and challenge matches, five 
subs are on the bench [with two available) and the 
three foreigner rule applies League Cup winners 
automatically get a place m Europe. 

Maich highl-ghts can now be printed out and shows 
man of the match and attendance. A full summary 
after each match gives you facts such as possession, 
shots at goal and the like. The full breakdown helps 
you plan future matches, consider your team's progres 
and spot up-and-coming talent. 

Tactical Manager 2 is being published by Black 
Legend and will be out very soon - footy management 
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posed to be fiimurating. Graphiu of th« 
■lighE^t quail tv 3"d rean^tic tound effects 
place you right m the middle of I hp action and 
childhood dreams of becoming an are fighter 
pilot are finally fulfilled. 

Rowan Software are a company that hav« 
been at the forefront o' computer flight «imuld- 
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ing the simulation ai authentlt a\ po&iible hal 
been noted and appreciated by true fans of the 
genre, dowjin's previoui efforts. Reach for th* 



Skief and Overlord, h^ve beer> lusted afte' and 
cons\jmed by thousands of flight s»m aficiona- 
dos. This Ls thapks to Rowan's enperllie in get' 
ting the rjght miji between high-flass, realfstic 
graphiu and solid, addictive gameplay. 

Some of Ihe more aware gamers might be 
ihonderjng what I'm blathering on about as 
Reach for the ^hies and avejlDrd were not 
enactly the heft flight sIms to ever appear on 
the Amiga- It's because I was talking about the 
wonderful PC versions which are fai superior to 
their bugged Amiga counteTiarts. 

Ibere are probably far too many reaioni and 
not enough $pare in the magazine to ejiplam 
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Sei?iriy Ddwrt Pdl'Ul d World War 1 
flight simuldlinn, I thought I'd give 
you i bit of background ioforrnatlon 
□Ji Ihe event ilseH. World War 1 w3E 
fought between the Central 
EuTDpean Poiivers (Germany, Auttria- 
Hungry and their allies] end the 
Triple Entente fflrllaln, the British 
trnpire, Frante, Russia and Iherr 
allies). 

H broke out on 2Bth June 1914 ai 
[he heir lo tbe Au^rian throne waE 
assassinated m Sdrajeva A mooEh 
later, Austrra declared war on Serbia, 
a^ Russia rnobili^edn Germdny 
declared war on Rusiia and France, 
and lock a short cut intti the west by 
invading Selgiuirt. On the 4th August 
Britain declared war on Gerrr^ny 

Three yeacs of fightirig parsed and 
then In April 1917 (he United States 
of Amenta entered the war. On the 
3rd March 1913 Soviet Russia signed 
the Treaty of flrest-LHovsk with 
Germany, ending Russian particjpa- 
linn in the war. 

Out on the Western front, 
Germany began a ilnal offensive fn 
April the AlJies appointed the French 
Marshal Foth supreme commander, 
but by June {whtn the first US troops 
Aent Into battle) the Allies had lost 
all gains ^jnce 1915, and the Germans 
Were on the Rjvpr Uarne 

The battle at Amiens marked the 
launth of the vidorlou^ Allied offen- 
sive German capitulatior> began with 
naval mul'nles at Kiel, fallowed by 
uprisings In the major cities, kaiser 
WilheliTt M abdicated, and on the 
nth November the armlstite waE 
signed 

On the IBlh June 1919 the peace 
treaty ol Versailles was completed. 
The U^A signed a separate peace 
agreement with Germany and 
Austria in 1921. 

Ifs estimated thai 10 millinn live^ 
were lost and twice that number 
were wounded in Ihe first world war. 



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some of the best games in the world. 

Rowan Software, in conjunction with fmplre. 
have returned to the Amiga with yet another 
flight Sim In low. Dawn Patrol tahes a trip bach 
to World War 1 when you had to be really 
skilled to fly an aircraft and cheat death in it at 
the $ame lime. 

I've got my fingen costed that Rowan 
Software Kave struck lucky at the third time of 
askir^g because I, for one, haven't played a 
decent flight simulation in a long long time. 



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the PC version for sheer quality, but I have to admit that 
Rowan Software have done a mighty fine job and 
ejicelled themselves m the polygon departmenl. 

The external shots of Ihg dog frghltng planes are very 
impresiive and the vanoiis planei have been reproduced 
as accurately as possible. As per usual you can view (he 
a 1^1 on from any angle and get Incredibly c^ose To Ihe 
action, or view it from a distance via the zoom feature 

The hrgh level of detail is also worthy a{ a menthon 
The majority of actior> in Dawn Palrof \i fought primarily 
1" The sky so you'd think the ground details would be 
skipped over Well, you'd be very wrong becaufe even 
Things l*e field gun^ are well done, even though you're 
only going to see them orice m a blue moon 

One of Dawn Palrol's more ll^Ieres^^ng and very useful 
features is the inleraclive book which the whole game Ls 
structured around You can select plloli and missions 



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from the book, but it 
also takes you through 
the various flying 
manoeuvres. 

NormaJJy, moves 
Such a% the Immelmann 
turn would be wrifli 
down and carefully enplamed to 
you in a manual, but thanks lo the Interactive Dawn 
Patrol multimedia experience you gel. via the ^ame graph- 
ics taken from the game, to actually see the move 
performed from many different angles 

This novel and innovative idea helps beginners and 
experts atike to improve their flying skills, and for that 
reason alone it should be appJauded from the rooftops 
and cheered al in the st reels. 

As far as World War 1 fMght simulations go, Dawn 
Pa trot has jun taken first place in the looks handicap hur^ 
die chase, but remember most of The time you will be^ or 
at least should be looking at blue sky 





ChDCks away chaps, reach far the skies, tally-ho and many 
mDTGlininsteniDtypiGal catch ^^^^^ / 
phrases, none of which you'll find in 
Jonathan Maddock's revlGW of 
Rowan Software's latest ttighty offerins 



Thi5 dlwayt seeing to be one of llie ma^l forgotten eltmenti In the hi&lory of 
flight iiinulations. 5ound may not &e i\ important graphics or gameplay, but 
without it the whole game can suffer and become a complete flop, 

Luckllyn the peison in charge of the noise* aT^d fun« department at Rowan 
Software hain't got ^ short memnry ^pan a Dawn Patrol conlaini some of the 
tieil lound^ I've ever heard in a flight simulation. 

The game kuks off with a lune loosely b^ed around The la^t Poif and then 
evolvei into a sprawjling (1a»ital piece of music which Is more than appropriate 
for thii type of game There are a touple of insfruments within (he tune thai 
could gpl on your nerves after a while, but thankfuity you tin turn it off via the 
options 5(reen 

What really gives Dawn Patiol that much-needed boost of atmosphere are the 
sound effects. The Eupeib droning oi the engine doesn't really tome into ptay 
unless you thange the speed of your aircraft, but when you do it's remarkably 

impressive 

For some bl?arre reason the noise of your gun firing twite as Ingd as every- 
thing else and this isn't such a bad thing as H gets your adrenallrie pumping that 
little fail faster -don'l ask me why . 

There you have il, a lune you can eitfier take or leave alone and a whole 
bunch of superb sound effects thai transport ynu back to 1314. 



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A tree j<mired edition book comes with 
[hp Dawn Patrol package, ll'i Titled 
'HithChofen: Thg man and the aircrafi 
he flew' and a iff about Gennany'^ lop 
iCDfing air ate from World War 1 

Contained wilhm the pagei are 
luperb, specially commiHioned, full- 
(olour artwork as i^efF as accuriis profiles 
and detailed lethr>jcflJ !^^!eIchei of all the 
airErsft from the era. fiichlhofen, 
although he flew many different kind» of 
aircraft, becarre farrious ioi flying one of 
fhe highly distinctive alt-ied Trlplanes. 

Richthnfen itorcd hii la?! t7 viclorfpi 
in Triplane^ and itwat while flying one of 





[he^g aiitrafi thai he mel Un end on April 
ilFT, I91fl. The Fokkpr Dr. f Triplane's bel- 
tei qualities Aere Us handling aghlity and 
good climbing rate, and ihii made it very 
popular with the leading arr scfi at the 
day The craft had very little impact on 
[he air war and if i[ wasn't for men like 
Baron Von ftichlhofen, il WDuldn'[ have 
euen got a mention in [he hislofy booiis. 

Back to the present day, and there isn't 
□ne Foiiiief Triplane that eafsls In a fiymg 
condition. Due to the ravages of Eime and 
(he desfrifttlan caused by the second 
World War, there isn't even one whith 
could he restored to its former flying 
glory. 

Fans of World War 1 and anyone who 
has a love for pfsnes will love the 
Bifhthofen' book and ft's nice to we a 
company taking the time and trouble to 
produce a 'free' gift of astounding quality 
that perfectly complements the game. 




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I've been wa-ling io' Diiwn Patrol fo' agei, ever since 
< WW It on the PC, and I'm happy lo My thai this lime 
Rowan Software have tailed to dmppoint me and 
delivertid the goods In prrstine condition. 

The first thing that impressed ante I'd actually got 
into the game was fUSt how fasT il was. Qkiy, t was 
using an AI200, hut imagine by burprise when ft 
moved almost as fast on an AMO Ever^hing seems 
to have been carefully thought about and IE certainly 
looks like Rowan Software ha^e learnt from their 
previous [wa Amiga llfghl simulations. 

Novel ideas like The Interactive book of the air war 



reaHy go some way lo making Dawn Patrol a bit of a 
classic in the simulation stakes. The^e are over 150 hrs- 
loricafly accurate mlHicms to fly m and you're going 
to have lo be an astounding pilot to finish them all 
within a couple of weeks. In [he durability stakes. 
Dawn Patrol rin'[ going to last longer [han a piece ot 
Wiffy Wonka's everlasting bubbfe gum. but hey ifs 
pretty damn dcBe 

I've never been amazed by games from thii genre, 
but I've been very impressed by Dawn Patrol and more 
importantly t've had a lot ol fun making my way 
through the game It's nol going to be 



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missed things hke the -n/ftor* ' 

altimeter not being the A fV/\ K W 

right' Uze and the colour 

of the front of the Sopwlth 

Camel is a couple of shades out', 

but it plays well and thar's the mam Ihlng. 

Anyone thai has a ifight interest In planes should 
make this an essential purchase and a^ for fans of the 
aircraft that Hew In the fir^t worfd war, you're going 
lo U\\ in love with Dagvn Patrol. 




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I IPA compuler ent«rtainin«nT. If leems (he 
I > ^1 thrilli of Ihe track provide all the nec- 
1 es^ary elemcnfs of a good aifion 

gamei Adrvnaline, destruction, compv- 
^^tition and Ihv need lor a cool h«ad 
under presivrs- 

Or»gina11y the bailc gjaphics on computeri 
only ahcjAed for the overhead itylv of racing, 
but before iong these *ere abandoned a& 
everybody tried 10 iimuldte the S'ght of blur- 
ring scenery from the cDckpil vivw of tt\e car. 
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in. 

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view a makmg a tome back- Over the past 
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brought us the highly acclaimed Skidmarks II 
and Roadhiir, both of wh^ch cr^ade up for the 
Jdik of an'thp-track reahim inriTh qutrky 
features and challenging gameplayr 

For iome reason Ihere't always somethlnrf 
dirtier about ih'n type of game. Forgel 
Stlverstone, thete games are about the rough 
and tumble of racing round dull tracks or 
arnlhllatmg rivals with futuristic weaponry. 
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wartatlon of the game, a head-to-head race wilh a dif- 
terentf. Including 3 two-player mode waE a natural 
chone for Team 17, but Iheir idea is unusual because 
rhey obviously detidpd lo avoid using a spin Bueen. 

This means That ba|h players must stay on screen at 
the isme rime, so whal happens if cne person lags too 
far behind? Well, if the chafing player is about to di^- 
^ppedr off-screen the computer flutomalicglly makes 



them catch up By forcing the opponent into This posi- 
tion, howevei, the leading player scar« a point. 

In fact, this \i the whole point of the battle mode, 
£ach player struggFe^ to keep ahead Ihey can <;care 
points off the enemy, picking up power-ups on the 
way to help them along. At the end ol a race, the 
(ompufer counts up the points for a rtrinnec. 

To give this veriiion of the game an added edge, 
extra power-ups thai are unavailable in arcade mode 
have been included. Roadkill fans witl be pleaded \o 
hear that these Include mli^des and min« (hat can be 
iried lo take Ihe wind out of yQui" mate's saih. 



Team 17 garnes are nolortousfy tricky - often 
ton tricky for me. Fveryone raved about Super 
Star dust, for exaFnpje, but I fell sad and left 
out because I couldn't do it. I know, though, 
ihdl this is because I'm past it. and I can only 
hope thaT one day they'll include a dimmer- 
frame mode for peopFe like me. 

Mercifully, ATR i^ very thallenging but 
nowhere near as tough a& I thought when I 
started it. Antkipaling ihe bends is undaubt- 
edly trickier than in the rival games, and as 
tracks peter oul players v-tll find themselves 
ploughing pff Into the cones in a moment of 
misjudgement Thfs, however, is all part of the 
fun and eveniually players learn from their 
mistakes. 

Winning from the outset is virtually imponi- 
ble In the arcade mode players are matched 
against four compuler opponents, two of 
which Instantly zoom uff over the honzon 
from Ihe moment the starting lighu turn 
green. 

This gives AIR more of s long-term 
challenge than its rivals because Ehe route to 
success involves more ihan a large helping 
ot arcade skills. Ves, folks, there's some 
rudimentary tactics Involved. 

Players start the game with 5*^000 to spend 
on their kit. Their main eipense will be Ihe car, 
with AIR offering a choice of jeep, buggy or 
formula racer Each ol these motors has it) 
own itrenglh^ and weaknesses. 

This leaves you with a small amount ol 
money to make customised improvement^. 
Acceleration and traction upgrades are a good 
choice to start with, hut bigger engines can 
gjve you higher lop speeds while power brakes 
and steering give better handling 

Of course you can only afford a bit at a 
time, and ultimately it all comes down to your 
success on the track Gain ^ome modest success 
by coming third m a few races and you will 
soon start noticing the rewards in your newly 
souped^up vehicle 

These enhancements are important, but 
players must also keep their eyes peeled for 
pDwer-ups during the races These are tricky to 
get and opponents compete fof Ihem, but the 
key lo success is lo keep your priorities on 
completing the race. 



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Tviie. ATH \s no Daytona USA The view from ihe 
top, whifh mean J yau can toigel The lematmn nf 
burning larmat because this game't attractions are of 
d different nalurp. BuT Ihrs does imt deduct frorr Ihe 
fact that this Is bv fai"the bei^t-lookkng offering In the 
genre I'we^een on Ihe Amiga 

Though the player looks down on the traik, this 
dD»n'1 mean it's a 2D game. Each tar \i a 3D rrodel 
viewed from a i5 degree angle - slmHartn skidmarks 
but better drawn In my opinion 

The Stan of the show, however, are (he track? 
IhernwIves- Treacherous loops and lethal cro^wvers 



are a\* there to throw you off balance, but you 
enpect these things fat least you should dy now) it's 
the fad [hat in Eome terrains the road disappears 
altogether wliich makes this a novel enpenence, 
both to play and look al. 

ATR ha? three types of terrain to race on, ranging 
from obstacle ridden race tracks to white knuckle 
rides down narrow canyons or slide and bmash 
battles in the Alpine snow 

The sports circuits are the clmesl you'll gel to the 
traditional facing game, hut there's still plenty to 
keep Ihe eye alert Ramps and conei tan help or hin- 
der, and the famiJIar gleaming oil spill rnakes a reap- 
pearance, sendmg you spinning Into the barriefi. 



Less predicfabty, sand and water make 
appearance, as do the Team I? offit« - alter 

however, it's only after choosmg the tanyofl or 
alpine tracks that the game takes on a more dis- 
tinctive appearance. Flaring through the canyons, 
for example, will have players disappearing 
through tunnefs or splashing through streams. Sy 
fontrasT, the Alpine experience Involves icy condi- 
tions, evergreen (orests, and narrow log tracks. 

ATR offers more colour, more detail and more 
variety in the graphics department than any of its 
rivals It may not leave its players gob- smacked 
but no^jne could deny that H looks a 
lot of fun. 




Racing games only really need two 
yjundji. The noise of the engine and the 
nolw of the cra^h. Still, tides like Roadklll 
Introduced speech and other effects to 
show how small extras could help boost 
Ihe atmosphere. 

Unfortunately, ATR does not shine in 
this area. There's a light-hearted, upbeat 
tune playing In the background as you 
race, and snaffling a power-up results m a 
satisfying twinkiy noise. On the whole, 
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vein released recently, is there room for another owrhead racer 
from Team 17? I was scepticain bulthankfuiiy ATH was done so 
professionnlly that it won me round. 

On the balance of things It beats its predecessors because of a 
greater long-term incentive. The rewards of winning the money, 
then spending it to soup up my molcu filled me with a boyish flu^f 
of satisfaction - and that's the ion o! thing to keep a player going 

The two-player mode is different. Though I'm not sure it works 
as the designers hoped. Otherwise it's got Ihe look?, Ihe features 
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out a momen1'& he^itallon I wouia scream "Team 
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PfGjKtX, Superfrog, Arcade Pool, Super Stardifil, Body 
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titled Alien Breed '92: The Special Edition as a reflection 
nn the then current video release. 

Alien Breed '92 smashed Gallup thart records and 
remained at Ihe number one spot for an unbelievable 33 
weeks, and still to thi^ day that record hasn't been brn- 
ItenL Luckily for the Wakefield -based snftwa.re house, 
gamers were sllll as enthusiastic about Alien Breed and 





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_^ begged for more, fioi a (om- 

^^^^ pany to ignore demand. Team 

^^^^ 17 wT lo work on a fu(l-bk]wn 

sequeL Alien Breed 2 didn't 
make such a dramatic impact 
as Ihe original game, but it 
was a tough Ehoot-'em-up 
that fans of the genfe were 
more than happy with. Last 
year Alien Breed: Tower 
Assault was released and by 
taking contributions and ideas 
from the public. Team 17 managed to create the ultimate 
and uery last Alien Breed adventure. 

After four games in four yeiirs it is finally game over for 
the Alien Breed arcade adventurer. Or n if The news that 
Team 17 had yet another Aliens-lnspired game up Ihelr 
sleeves no doubt leh. several fans with huge grins on their 
fates. Where can Team 17 go with this new assault on the 
gaming charts? This time theleamiei are heading off into 



the third dimension, bO sit back and prepare yourselves I 
Alien Breed 3D i^ on its way arwl after seeing it with my 
own eye^, I guarantee it will amaze and impress you. 

It's already being tipped as the best Doom-style game 
for [he Amiga and Team 17 are confident that their game 
can live up to its billing. Alien Breed 3D almost came about 
by accident - originally Team 17 were discu^ing whether 
to do Ihe game for PCs only, but Iben Doom was released 
and they detided not to bother with the idea 

Martyn Brown, one of the head gurus al Team 17, was 
reading through some stuff on the Internet and read a 
message from a maths student studying at York University. 
Tbe 5ludeni had an Alien Breed-style Doom game for the 
Amiga and wondered if Team 17 were interested in iL Or»e 
meeting later and Teiim T7 had Alien Breed 3D signed 
sealed and delivered. 

The game will contain some of the best elements tram 
the previuLis Alien Breeds, but this hme you're the one 
being hunted. The 3D universe is completely tenture 
mapped and features loads of really nifty ipecial effects. 



Alien inspiration? 



Batk m 1979 a sci-fi thillef 
directed by Ridley ^lolt hit 
the big screen. Featuring 
Sigourney Weaver, a slavering 
and downright icdry at'en and 
tome Oscar-winning ipecial 
effects. Alien was the f+lm 
that slarled the bali foiling. 

The sequel arrived in 1986h 
but thii time direction was by 
Jsmet Cameron who was 
responsfble for movies such as 
the Abyss and forminator. 



Sigourney Weaver returned as 
Ripley and fought the ■ilierts 
on their own turf. More 
action-p ached than lis prede- 
cessor, with better speclai 
effects and a dark, moody 
atmosphere, AMenf rapidly 
became ^ bon office ciassic- 

Team 17 tan thank the crv- 
afors of Ihe Alien f>lms 
because without ihem Alier* 
Bleed wouldn't even exist As 
well as being damn fine 



computer games, they also 
sold Well because of the enDT' 
mouspopulanty of the films. 

If all IVIfilm licenses were 
like Allen Breed jeven though 
if wasn't one) then 1 wouM be 
the happiest person on farth 
System rloff Iheir collective 
hats lo anyone involved In Ihe 
threQ Alien fiFms and to the 
person who conceived (he 
original idea for the Alien 
Breed games. 



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Graphically, It's a complete departure -trom the txiginal, 
hut Team 17 have prDmised to keep Ihe ?iftpen« and 
atnuBphfife lo a high slajidard. 

Alien Breed 3D ^ill feature o^er 20 levelE of super- 
imoorh, 3G0 (lei}rep 10 mnvempnt and ihis mefln^ no 
lerkianfl no sudden J5 degree [utra The graphics will be 
fully lexlure mapped and Gouraud shaded 

Enemies include several new nasties as well &^ Che 
more common aliens. The developmeni crew are working 
hard to get the enemy intelligende just 'Ight Instead of 
\ta\ wandering alrnleuly dround the torridor^, the 
enemv will, hc^e^uHv, be able to J*eir you and seek you 
OLit through u>uikd well a^ ^sion. 

DOUBLfDEUGHTS 

The previous Alien Breed garnet have been noted far 
theiT iwo-player feature and Alien Breed 30 will noi he 
an exception to (hat rule A iplil'^creen mode was 
thought about bul proved impossible, bul there is now a 
tvuo-player mode via a serial hnl( This ii good news if you 
want to play a bit of alien blastir^] wrth a chum betaiKe 
you don'T need two copiPi of tf>e game to play link-up. 

Team 17 are also planning to havea vitbiR andvirter;! 
Doom-style, heed-to-hedd, two-player mode in (he fin- 
ished veriion o! the game. This is where players can run 
amok ^raund the level, picking up various amounts of 
firepower and first-aid kiti. Once you're tooled up to the 
nines you can track down your chum and blait them to 
smithereens 

Take a casual gtante at the sortTBhoti and you may 
not be that impressed, but wait untJl you see the game in 
action. Woidi fail to dewnbe just how good Alien Breed 
?D IS looking and *\ eveiythmg goes to plan you should be 
sesmg it around April/May lime. 

Team 17 beiJeve th^t their forthcoming blast-away ^ 
their mo^ ambitious Amiga project to date, but they're 
also confident thai it could become one of their bigge^ 
ever hiti. 



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team. Tirra Hackett chechs out thair crednitiab- 




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pori^ gamps tome In all shapes and lize^. 
EueryThing from ski-ing and fciolball lo I he 
fivaWn h cohered and there nolhing more 
amiable than siTIing down wilh a iv'\end or 
ivuo in a competiliwe bnut ol a EimulaEmn nt 
yoNf favour ire spon. Many an argument has 
broken out, even here in the nffice, over who was the 
Goal' thamp, who could ouldo who ai go(f, and who 
waE the ultimate tennis vittof. 

And ol fourw. cricket Perwnally* cricket h« never 
really turned me from a rational games playe' Into a 
person pD«eEwd. but I've wen it done. Yes, right here 
in the Amiga Computing offite, I've seei^ my colleagues 
turn from fairly campoied people inxo frenzied mamaci 
with the only intent being lo pummel their opponents 
into the ground. II ceftamiy changed my perception of 
the game. Gone are Ihe images of cr?am teas In The 
pavilion, criip, while jtatks and a polrte ripple of 
applause for scoring a si*. This is the lough edge of 
fompetiUvenewand it's no! for the faint-hearted. 

There haven't been all that many cilckel game!^ but 
the ones there are, Ihe ones responsible for all The dis- 
ruption and drsputes m the office, have changed the 
nature of a game from one that was played on the vil- 
lage green in front of The vicar To a lough sport that 
separalei the men fand women) from Ihe boys "II was 



Audiogenic who started the ball rolling, io lo speak, 
with ihpir Graham Gooch's World Class Cricket and the 
many add-on and updates that followed But now, 
courtesy of Grandslam and Nightowl Software, there is 
s new contender ready to cause a stir in Ihe cnckeling 
fraternity 

Called simply. It's Cricket (so as not to cause any con- 
fusion as to Ihe content of Ihe game<}. It revolves 
around The International Test Matches. It is a fully 1:0m- 
prehensive simulation of five-day cricliel and If you've 
ever dceamt about playing tor your country, the chance 
will aoon be yours. 

PICK A HAM 

There are nine countries to choose from wllh id 
players per team. You can play againsl a friend or a 
compuTer-controlled opponent m a game that will 
require lactiu as well as skill, 

A gfeal deal of attention to making the game as 
realistic as possible has been included. The graphics, for 
instance, feature digitised players and an elaborate 
grandstand with full crowd details. The sprites move 
authentically thanks to some smooth animation, and 
animated sequences, «uch ai umpires giving decisions, 
add a nice touch. 

The sound features digitised speech for authenuc 



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Lommentary and many distinctive samples that have 
become almost trademarks for cricket are Included. A 
chunky crowd effect complimenti Ihe atmosphere wilh 
an authentic sound That would be equally al home at 
the Cup Final al Wembley as at a Test Match. The pacey 
introduction Lune demands attention loo. 

IT'S Cricket will appeal To The ipnrtJi 5tats fens as well 
as it promises a good section of player profiles and 
playing statistics. Click on your favourite player, check 
OUT his bowling skilly how many runs scored, innings 
and the like. All Ihls is shown wilh a realistic digitised 
photo and you can also add your own images by simply 
loading up a paint package, replacing the photo 
with one of your own and Then including all personal 
sT^tistics. 

The game includes a management angle because 
you need to select a team by weighing up the ^at^. 




comparing your players and picking the best men for 
Ihe Job. It's not just going to be a case of thwack the 
ball and hope for The best - there's going to be skill 
Involved in the management and the actual cricket 
itself 

Actions are executed by a miiclure of either mouse 
or joystick, depending on your preference and whether 
you are batting or bowling Play is easily carried out 

and when bowliig, far enEimpie, you cl'ck on The 




rn* Mti/mmtiim. Hkw Ihb Uinplrt ihelMlon. work wmH 



iim nil 





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Iftioduetion. tar tamnypl*. ts a ntn touch 



appropnate icon, thoose Vilhelher to bowl over or 
arnund the wvickel then chouw The type of ball. Pate 
or 5pin boiling is determined by the player'^ 
attribute in the Player'^ Profile. 

Batting is pflSJly performed too Look out foi the 
marker where the ball will land and move your 
man accordingly. The number of times you tlitk on (he 
jpyjTtick deteminK liow you hit ihe halt Pren the ]oy- 
stick button twice and direct it left and you w^LI 
achieve a Square Cut whereas one presiand down will 
mean a lo^i defensive hit. Il'^ a different approach lo 
Gr^h^rr Gooth but one I'm iure will find fauQui wilh 
even the mosl fanatical Gooch'^ trufcet fans- 

Two view^ are available to enable you to perform 
effective outfield catching. Vou can eilhei view from 
?(de-Dn or from the rear and it li vital to poiition your 
outfielder accurately. Moving the fielder i» a simple 



Br ihcii-Tig an youi ptjyc i phaln 
fov JuiBii iff IhB't 'fla 

operation - |us1 pre» the mouse button m The 
appropriate direction. WJ^ert you are batting you 
can run between wickets by pressing [he joystick 
button once. For additional runs move the joystick 
up for the top wicket and down for the bottom 
WKhet. When you are on the bowling side, click on 
any of your fielders lo Try and catch the baH, then 
when one of them has it a<m at the wickets and press 
the mouK button - all designed to provide exciting 
run-outs. 

The learn behind It's Cricket are Nightowf Software 
and employ the talents of Joseph SulTana - Producer, 
Albert Chan -Senior Programmer, Jason Chan - 
Programmer and Audio, and Phillip Wong - Project 
Manager It will be available for the 
A]200/A4(HK), priced aS.SS I iUi^t^ there will be a 
good deal more added to it's Cricket in the luture as 








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loDk a1 Core Design's SkelBten Krew and 



Psygnasis' BeneraclDr, IidUi f nr Hie CD32. 



The Krew are back in town and ready to hit the 

Core Deaqn'i ihool-'em-up, Slieletan Hrew, ^ 
appeared on the AI?QO rEcently and recefved our 
Si^lern Gold Award And now rl's here ready to bias! * 
itj way on lo a near you. 

Set in 206J, bad guy Moribund Kadaver ha* lakeri 
aver a hryogenit^ plant and bitsily Iiirhing the kryogenks^ 
inlc mulared P^ykogenin. This naity lot start to forte the popu- 
lition from Iheir home^ and (be place becomei over run Only one gang tan 
Hop the msyhem - the Skeleton Kreijv. You can join these rrercenarie^, playing a$ 
either Spine, Joint or Rib, and wuh 
wpapons In hand, try and put an end to 
the thatis 

Viewed it om a 3D tofj-dovm Iwrnsi 
nc view, it i? an eight-way Jtrolling, out- 
and-out bla^t fett. It'i all your u^ual 
shool-'em-up fayre but i1 differs in 
employing a rather unique graphical 
style. A dark futuristic atmosphere is 
port rayed well through ihe tornit bonk 
characters thai would look equafly at 
home in JODO AD stories, and the 
briiliantly drawn high-tech backdrops 

Sound IS etneptional too, WJlh a 
strong dante track pounding in the 

background. Gun blasts, yelps and explaslon& compliment the action and give a 
sense of sali^factinn after each baddy li destroyed. The in-game mujic really Is 
good qualify which makes a nice change to a M of the accompanying droH we get 
Ehene days II bII toak^ ^ery Impresiive with huge end-of-lewel guardians to destroy, 
a multitude of evil mutants to blast in to oblivion, and t^ effective weapons to do 

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though, It's not all that 
varied. It's a very thal^ 
lenging game but it can 
become rather repetitive. 
II pure shoot-'em^Lips are 
your bag then it is a good 
example of its genre, but 
the average gamesplayer 
nvljl demand a bit more 
to challenge the grey 
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Senefacioi appeared on floppy quite a while back. Now it's 
been ported ovei from the A1?Dn for atl CDJJ owners with a 
penchant lor puzzley platform ers. 

Programmed by Digital Illusions, who are renowned for 
their Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/lllusions, the ga;ne was well 
received by the public and reviewers alike. It is a strange mix- 
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You play Ben Bright, the 
hero of the title, who fs on a 
mission to rescue (he Merry 
Wen. It's your Job to make your ^ " 
way across the platforms, avoid-^^ '■ 
ing obstacles, leaping across gaps and 4'-^ 
climbing up ledges. AF>d as well as taxing your arcade skilli. 
you get to exercrse the old brain too with the problem solv- 
ing element. You find the chaps, unlock them from their 
celK find b sate route for them and return them back to 
the teleponer. These elements work exceplponally well and 
makes Benefactor highly addictive. 

Although this version is a direct port-over from the 
It IS still a recommended purchase for CL>J^ gamers. 
Graphics are imaginative and varied, the main character is 
well animated and, with his small lize, is perfectly suited to 
the gameplay. ^ound effects add to the action loo 

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Jidoie [he fad thai Ihe spelling checker I am 
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SuhtBnpsw\ngBD\<l or Hiirv(nTi:Lp(>Jtrrilrt 

mouinc FILES 

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FTiegaByre^ A happy naid drive Is one tfifii 
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This Ii not a job you can do once md 
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Hdied up your mdcJime for a wliiJe, a good 
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yn Been caughi and have managed ro infiluate another corrupflng meuage inm IfteMiiga's 
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ga nd or tne libiary that goes witli 

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WfHL that"! about Jl fof this mofflh. 
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Qi prorm^etl in tair mcntni {Oh^nn, 
III becorKenLraringwivanDus 
[imeHving THivilquft, [riciiafthe 
Jdfle sntJ how \o -Jote modai 

far "iQsi 3D aiitiuyaR lime laring s 
yjiTierhing o( 5 pfeoco^HDnn f*wrfvei, ir'i 
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etampfe rut and ijfiVe are imfarHbly Ait\\qA/{. 
iinflATBgaAi. fefCrtllvcneteiifliQOl prcaliiv^iy 
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ubiqufloui nxxWIIng mionali ar rhe hfdrr ol 
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unpf H^ion ffBt symmeDy or mirronng w hantfy 
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WB> Ote growing baoil oJ 3D ^fle"H qn 
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m reality rhe choice boia fTown ro yvmhef 
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alrai Encapsulated PosrSaipi 

tfyuu [a*eaquic*i glance jrcund Amiga 
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on licfoesni rakeageniui ro imagȴhoi* 
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ilngtiictd rpndefBig plarfom 

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partifijiai problem s rrosr coirimon 
wilhm Ughiwjve - ftmunaWy rne solution 
liiimple Firu align -^n polygoro ThnipVlK 
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modei wlh daappar enoreiy If so, don i 
piiMz. SifTipJy fljp ;>ll polygons and with any 
luck you re lare« import *ill be perTeo. 

Liistjy, sKvii^ kei^j an open mind Mien 
looking for orcudwigir^ modeli. Moec of the 
FTBjoj 3D i^filemi offer Jimned support lor 
Qths" lOmtiii 3f leJbL with D^F nie^ being 
supported by bghiwiw, imagjne and fleal3D 
piui a hosi o) PC pnjgrami Ai a result you 
un EomeOrriQ share rEuxi'iies i^Vhcut 
imesting m tanvenion soUware 



Getting into print 

A comrnon 3D problem how to ffM your rr«boni from the conTliiei or iht 
macMne, Art oCivlOMi aniwer \i vld«D (ape, buL wHat If your creations urm t 
anhmiitixiT Thr answer I*, ot courie, h^rd topy Unforiun^iply. wrth very lew 
ejKepironi, fimpJy printing your ir^iiiiiiiii wont do iheni Juiike, 

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generate glossy photographic p'lnti. In order lo do tn\s youfl nwd to contact d 
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r^illo. 

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your loftwure ii (ef to render in an aspect ai 

U s arten warih enquiring ahour the besL retolut'on for rendering ihe 
trf>niparenciej you require. The uilaI <hOKe for a Mml n I x 1. Finally, always 
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The limtmc' the program are [□ grab [Tie Bob^ 
needed: 

[li <M I'^Al 
it\ Bch i^D^Q Id 1^1 
CI* ShDhH In li,n 
l*\ lob M 
Cli ^D.[> Ed lt,U 
Eti Bflb ^0,a Tg 

Turn has used CLS to trean? to4DureiJ arein on (he 
Kreen, butotwiously aw wouid makelhemjusl 
a) ea^ly AJeO we sel up an arr^ to slore X and Y 
po&ilnni. 

ki now we set up [he imen In iJie usuS wray. 
Fiprr D : ^in i I H^dt I flH^h Dir : tli 0 

and [hen we tan iei up Ihe^ and Y wanaWei For 
the tenlFe ol [he «Jwn, rtiii^h mil be meiiafHig 
pfml oT GUT character 

Then we dauDle buf^ ^ screea ai this allcMS 
fer nice ^moo[h spdle laoUng 

Now Ihe meaty Din FJrst weinea For/hJexlloop 
m randomiy piace Ihp rcCm on [he aieen 

fnr 1T=1 tn 1 

i(TT)^tnJri)'*ndli?(l) 

l4rT)nfndi1)-in(ilZlHl) 

■Fit 

Having done lhai we lufn off Bob Upckir? so ftm 
^ can do i[ manualr^ in Ihe foNtMVtg 
Repeal/UnlM loop. 

hfa Up^Jtl tfl 

and [hen We iei ouJ UF£ vanable lo ^ amouni 
Qt bvcs we i^nt to have. 



incidental*/, Jt would hiwe b«n helipr to put the 
variables a[ cne begimlng of Ihe prograrn Out 
weB Jet il be for the nme being 

^Jcrw we have Ihe mam loop Inside it are ^ 
numtier ol other neiied Juaps. and Qil^ i^ a good 
program Why^ Oi courw you aie nghi - it uses 
no PWJCs. The firsi seC[ion tJ the loop Ooes a ixt} 
update. arKl waiQ la the net vertical blank to 
move the mos. 

tfpiit 

flail UpdjlF 

The character bob a moved row, and anyjoyiDf k 
rrtoves are delecml. 

ddd IhII 
f,dd r,Ti 

1>liltLMin(1t1,lf) 
Z^Hiri(1)'Jri9htin 
ir I mn itdd II,S|n(Z) 

]' 22 TWn Ii9d TT,S»lirj:Z> 

Tr->ii4-?Hiiin{f,rrn 

Hd T,1,l] rp 1 

Thm we do anaiher ftif/nQif to shift ihe rofioc; 

Fsr mi Ta * 
lab TMHT'I,T(TOhZ 
Add KTO^lgrilt-UTT)) 
Add TdTJ^igriU-tim) 
^;>4Bfe CBl[Tr,Stl Ta M> 

and iT you are caugM by a robot, your Iffe is 
decremented by I 

II IJ 

^ the roboQ drp redlffnbiired for another ^HSi: 

I'Hfidtll 

II 1=1 



E^andn^ 

KTI Mrd(]?D1 
EL» 

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T(TrM4Z1II)> 

and TO te up all Ihe loops, you aOl all the End lb 
and ^Jel^, plus one final Until To cKne the mam 
loop- 

Eiit [1 
EAif IT 
DM I 

l>ntll ILFI»-1"1 

The t*eve< bit rs when [he jyogr am checks w*¥re 
ydu are and ^erds the robo[s [awards you. and 
when yoL siar) u^ing ihe program younerf ycxj'll 
^ee quite eagly how this worla. 

The rouUne wiN need tiweaking a litDe bn for 
speed, for example each level couW nave diFTeieni 
speeds a' rtftoB Then iigam youVe got enough 
to contend with producing an Amo* vdion □* 
lha[ lovely layered enplos*on e*fea in RGttJ[ron 

Eilher w;!y. ihe proUems wJth [he miDne are 
easily lined- make sure mat the robots can'[ 
occupy [he wme space by using coH^inn 
detec i»on Maw [hem slower Conpruct a munne 
which fires |he buHets in Die directrtn you are 
Idong, In the ^tyte ol Boljalinn. 

Inodeniany. if ynu are an Easy AMOi uwr, the 
JoyilKh cnmrriarHb wiH not woik you haw to 
conven the joystick routines a foUow^ 

JuD ttcmvi 'a]id=l 
Jrigkl bsfniEi JarCl)") 

using the synQK: 

ir jbt(1i=( iksn HmvEii 

li'i Ihe »me but i: [afca a bit moip wort id 
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Me or J niEnu page in Invene vdeo [en, or 
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bei/*g cNipf?ypt) 3( d console wlndoMV 

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coilHUvely known as 'coriffof i&iuenf ei dnd Iht 
one ihing [fwy air have in ronman n rhai Bie 
tlHraderi ihern^e^ei uiuslfy impfy lilUe or 
nothing aboul [he operanon being peiTonned 

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and b3 hei lo ir liPie ithi 

VrLitln(\ 'Ib'ill'B&'nJ 

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*eirtJo functions can produce av right effKL 
[twif pLipostf II nPb*r Db™us In fxl. vihen you 
la* Back fh I'te code n lew years la[[!f u* 
chances are high lhar you won r pi^en remember 
uvTui ihcae m^ic rHEmbm buned m your code 
aclially mean 

The iolution. of course, n lo isoiale Ihe control 
code uafu« rn a way Ihal makes them more 
undei^mUble - [hu^[ means giving ojnDoF 
sfquf ncn undemandable nama How. unlike 
Ihe C ranguage APew doe^n i support the u« of 
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Oe set up irsing APeiu varlabfe^ 

LutkrJy Hi qujre ea^y <o creale [hings [hat 
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etampFe, usuarly slarr ^iDi a sj>«rar ConmU 
tejuence Introducer fC^II or an Escape 
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(111 Hrliilan, riEAUUHdl 

FT should be fairly clear Dwl [^>e purpose o( Ihis 
ion oi in a program lA^II remain obwou^ 
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all such definilions is near Ihe start of a program 
This makes It easy to kxaie Diem should they »er 
need to be cFianged 

The really impohanl DenefiT aMuE using these 
types of symbofic deFlrmions, 'iowFi*er, Is [hfl[ you 
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mjny lo (tvioie framl Mot Ihaf this \i ? 
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PflSSIBILItlES 

The advem of LheMchfp^ added rwn more 
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A murtl^ync display miglii look greaL but 
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iDundi alongside the nornial ^eilzef ^ anO 
Qipanderi, n lakes only rrnnuies to readme thai me 
Wniga's e^uling ^nfl laciNties "luch to be 
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IFF 9^ ^oundi are peifef tly OK for games 
and olhef general Amiga music u^e. 

Uy fe3l dveriinn as far as Hie &O1I Muga 
lound ihing goes, is noi me quainy or the sounds 
as such Dul the effort lequned to do anytr^ng 
consuuclive with them It i not inal im la?y bul. 
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The approach 1 am now using iriMOlves songs 
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(acihnes have twen improved, but the CIA mer 
lecnnique (Jdh seem to be the safest way ol 
getting consftf em eminq wtn programs designed 
to run on old Amigas 

As well as deciding when fJidl evenQ should be 
played, it is also necessary (o worH out haw to 
produce notes of the r.ght pilch from the samples 
peing used iFf sound Mei. as you may know, 
already contain header mlomalian mat allow 
puigrams to play the sound as it was reciirded. but 
ra play a whole range of notes a program needs to 
retalcuiaie Ihe penod vafues so that the piKh of 
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DTP. This column has been running for 
about three years under the watchful eye of Ben 
Pointer, but because I have taken It over I'm 
going to start from scratch once more, going 
over some topics that might seem obvious to old 
hands at the DTP game. 

If you are one of those old hands, don't just 
think there will be nothing of use to you and 
turn over the page immediately. There's always 
something to learn, even if it pops up in material 
you assume yourself to be proficient in. What's 
more, the different slant given to the topics 
might cause you to rethink some of your 
strategies for page layout, thus leading to... well, 
we'll see. 

One of the biggest secrets in DTP is where all 
those designers get their ideas. Like Penn & 
Teller, I'm all in favour of the free dissemination 
of information, so I'll tell you. The answer lies in 
keeping all those bits of bumpf you are sent 
through the post, find in magazines, or see as 
styles in books or on TV. Make a portfolio, not of 
your own work - that will come later - but of 
other people's work. This will provide you with a 
good basis for your future output. 

You can pick up a brochure, a magazine and a 
business card and say, "Hmm, I like the way the 
text is flowed around the pictures in this 
brochure, I think the way the page numbers are 
presented in this mag is good and the font used 
on this business card is just great. Mix them all 
together and what have I got?" 

If you're not careful, what you've got is a 
mess. But as you can see, having source material 
aroynd is very useful as a starting point. And so, 
as you've probably already worked out, the 
answer to the above question is that designers 
steal their ideas. I'm not saying they are all 
plagiarists and bowdlerisers, but at various points 
in their careers they all have that magpie urge to 
collect other people's work and incorporate it 
into their own designs. 

Some of the ideas you might like to emulate, 
for instance booleaned text where a graphical 
element runs through the text changing the 
colour where it hits it (Arrgh! difficult to explain... 
just see the picture and you'll understand), are 
very difficult with the software available on the 
Amiga. 

If the text is simple you can try to create 
booleaned text by using a variety of boxes on the 
page which are layered to chop out parts of the 
text, then replace those parts with different 
coloured bits and so on. Alternatively, you could 
use Art Expression to perform the same task, but 
you might have problems with Art Expression's 
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been upgraded and has it built-in. My advice to 
you is not to try too hard to get an effect. It may 
seem odd to say that, but if you have a job to do 
and you spend four days just trying to do 
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because of your mounting frustration. Trust me, 
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The secret of success is to make sure that the image you print is of the highest quality 
you can achieve, because the printer is always going to downgrade that image. If you 
have ADPro and are using 8-bit greyscale or 24-bit colour images, don't reduce them to 
1 6 colours, don t use dithering, and don't necessarily try to get them to fit your screen's 
aspect ratio. 

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gamma correction tool to brighten up your picture because printed output is always 
darker than screen output. 



layout designs are also the simplest, the kind of 
thing you could bung out on a word processor. 
Also, you should work within the limitations of 
your output device, If you've only got a nine-pin 
dot matrix printer, don't bother with complex 
colour graphics - they will get lost on the page 
and, at best, come out muddy and unclear. 

If you have to use this sort of printer, stick to 
line art and simple boxes, and paste up your 
pictures afterwards. When using a laser printer, 
always bear in mffid that lasers don't usually print 
edge-to-edge on the page. Also, if you are going 
to use pictures or scanned images, what looks 
good on the screen doesn't always work on 
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